“Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the Lord: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.”
Genesis 24:50 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 24:5014 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּ֨עַןwayaʿan
and he answeredconjH6030
afflict (by mistake for
לָבָ֤ןlābān
LabannounH3837
וּ/בְתוּאֵל֙wbətwʾēl
and BethuelconjH1328
וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּwayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
מֵ/יְהוָ֖הmēyəhwāh
from YahwehpronH3068
the Lord. Compare
יָצָ֣אyāṣāʾ
it has come outverbH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
הַ/דָּבָ֑רhadābār
the matterparticleH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
לֹ֥אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
נוּכַ֛לnwkal
we are ableverbH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
דַּבֵּ֥רdabēr
to speakverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
אֵלֶ֖י/ךָʾēleykā
to youpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
רַ֥עraʿ
eviladjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
אוֹʾwō
orconjH176
and · either · if · at the least ···
טֽוֹבṭwōb
goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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