Genesis 24:48 — King James Version← Study notes

“And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.”

Genesis 24:48 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 24:4819 words

וָאֶקֹּדwāʾeqōdAnd shrivel up

וָאֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶהwāʾešətaḥăwehAnd depress

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

וָאֲבָרֵךְwāʾăvārēḵəAnd kneel

אֶתʾet—

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod

אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

הִנְחַנִיhinəḥanîGuide

בְּדֶרֶךְbədereḵəIn road

אֱמֶתʾĕmetStability

לָקַחַתlāqaḥatTo take

אֶתʾet—

בַּתbatDaughter

אֲחִיʾăḥîBrother

אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign

לִבְנוֹlivənwōTo son

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וָאֶקֹּדwāʾeqōdAnd shrivel up

וָאֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶהwāʾešətaḥăwehAnd depress

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

וָאֲבָרֵךְwāʾăvārēḵəAnd kneel

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod

אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

הִנְחַנִיhinəḥanîGuide

בְּדֶרֶךְbədereḵəIn road

אֱמֶתʾĕmetStability

לָקַחַתlāqaḥatTo take

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בַּתbatDaughter

אֲחִיʾăḥîBrother

אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign

לִבְנוֹlivənwōTo son

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