Genesis 24:43 — King James Version← Study notes
“Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;”
Genesis 24:43 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 24:4317 words
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
נִצָּבniṣāvStation
עַלʿalAbove
עֵיןʿênEye
הַמָּיִםhamāyimThe waters
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
הָעַלְמָהhāʿaləmāhThe lass
הַיֹּצֵאתhayōṣēʾtThe go
לִשְׁאֹבlišəʾōvTo bale up
וְאָמַרְתִּיwəʾāmarətîAnd say
אֵלֶיהָʾēleyhāNear
הַשְׁקִינִיhašəqînîQuaff
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
מְעַטməʿaṭLittle
מַיִםmayimWaters
מִכַּדֵּךְmikadēḵəFrom pail
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