Genesis 24:40 — King James Version← Study notes
“And he said unto me, The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:”
Genesis 24:40 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 24:4017 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֵלָיʾēlāyNear
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הִתְהַלַּכְתִּיhitəhalaḵətîWalk
לְפָנָיוləp̄ānāywTo face
יִשְׁלַחyišəlaḥSend
מַלְאָכוֹmaləʾāḵwōMessenger
אִתָּךְʾitāḵəNearness
וְהִצְלִיחַwəhiṣəlîḥaAnd push
דַּרְכֶּךָdarəkeḵāRoad
וְלָקַחְתָּwəlāqaḥətāAnd take
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
לִבְנִיlivənîTo son
מִמִּשְׁפַּחְתִּיmimišəpaḥətîFrom family
וּמִבֵּיתûmibêtAnd from a house
אָבִיʾāvîFather
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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