Genesis 24:47 — King James Version← Study notes
“And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.”
Genesis 24:47 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 24:4722 words
וָאֶשְׁאַלwāʾešəʾalAnd inquire
אֹתָהּʾōtāh—
וָאֹמַרwāʾōmarAnd say
בַּתbatDaughter
מִיmîWho?
אַתְּʾatəThou
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
בַּתbatDaughter
בְּתוּאֵלbətûʾēlBethuel
בֶּןbenSon
נָחוֹרnāḥwōrNachor
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יָלְדָהyālədāhBear young
לּוֹlwōTo
מִלְכָּהmiləkāhMilcah
וָאָשִׂםwāʾāśimAnd put
הַנֶּזֶםhanezemThe nose-ring
עַלʿalAbove
אַפָּהּʾapāhNose
וְהַצְּמִידִיםwəhaṣəmîdîmAnd the bracelet
עַלʿalAbove
יָדֶיהָyādeyhāHand
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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