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Genesis 24:55 — King James Version← Study notes

And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.


Genesis 24:55Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 24:5511 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אָחִיהָʾāḥîhāBrother
וְאִמָּהּwəʾimāhAnd mother
תֵּשֵׁבtēšēvSit
הַנַּעֲרָhanaʿărāThe girl
אִתָּנוּʾitānûNearness
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
אוֹʾwōDesire
עָשׂוֹרʿāśwōrTen
אַחַרʾaḥarThe hind part
תֵּלֵךְtēlēḵəWalk
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אָחִיהָʾāḥîhāBrother
וְאִמָּהּwəʾimāhAnd mother
תֵּשֵׁבtēšēvSit
הַנַּעֲרָhanaʿărāThe girl
אִתָּנוּʾitānûNearness
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
אוֹʾwōDesire
עָשׂוֹרʿāśwōrTen
אַחַרʾaḥarThe hind part
תֵּלֵךְtēlēḵəWalk

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