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Genesis 24:37 — King James Version← Study notes

And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:


Genesis 24:37Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 24:3713 words
וַיַּשְׁבִּעֵנִיwayašəbiʿēnîAnd seven
אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
לֹאlōʾNot
תִקַּחtiqaḥTake
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
לִבְנִיlivənîTo son
מִבְּנוֹתmibənwōtFrom daughter
הַכְּנַעֲנִיhakənaʿănîThe Kenaanite
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
יֹשֵׁבyōšēvSit
בְּאַרְצוֹbəʾarəṣwōIn earth
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּשְׁבִּעֵנִיwayašəbiʿēnîAnd seven
אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
לֹאlōʾNot
תִקַּחtiqaḥTake
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
לִבְנִיlivənîTo son
מִבְּנוֹתmibənwōtFrom daughter
הַכְּנַעֲנִיhakənaʿănîThe Kenaanite
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
יֹשֵׁבyōšēvSit
בְּאַרְצוֹbəʾarəṣwōIn earth

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