Genesis 24:31 — King James Version← Study notes
“And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.”
Genesis 24:31 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 24:3112 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
בּוֹאbwōʾGo
בְּרוּךְbərûḵəKneel
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?
תַעֲמֹדtaʿămōdStand
בַּחוּץbaḥûṣIn separate by a wall
וְאָנֹכִיwəʾānōḵîAnd I
פִּנִּיתִיpinîtîTurn
הַבַּיִתhabayitThe a house
וּמָקוֹםûmāqwōmAnd standing
לַגְּמַלִּיםlagəmalîmTo camel
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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