Genesis 24:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?”

Genesis 24:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 24:521 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear

הָעֶבֶדhāʿevedThe servant

אוּלַיʾûlayIf not

לֹאlōʾNot

תֹאבֶהtōʾvehBreathe

הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman

לָלֶכֶתlāleḵetTo walk

אַחֲרַיʾaḥărayThe hind part

אֶלʾelNear

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this

הֶהָשֵׁבhehāšēvTurn

אָשִׁיבʾāšîvTurn

אֶתʾet—

בִּנְךָbinəḵāSon

אֶלʾelNear

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יָצָאתָyāṣāʾtāGo

מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear

הָעֶבֶדhāʿevedThe servant

אוּלַיʾûlayIf not

לֹאlōʾNot

תֹאבֶהtōʾvehBreathe

הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman

לָלֶכֶתlāleḵetTo walk

אַחֲרַיʾaḥărayThe hind part

אֶלʾelNear

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this

הֶהָשֵׁבhehāšēvTurn

אָשִׁיבʾāšîvTurn

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בִּנְךָbinəḵāSon

אֶלʾelNear

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יָצָאתָyāṣāʾtāGo

מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there

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