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 24:55 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 24:5511 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אָחִיהָʾāḥîhāBrother
וְאִמָּהּwəʾimāhAnd mother
תֵּשֵׁבtēšēvSit
הַנַּעֲרָhanaʿărāThe girl
אִתָּנוּʾitānûNearness
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
אוֹʾwōDesire
עָשׂוֹרʿāśwōrTen
אַחַרʾaḥarThe hind part
תֵּלֵךְtēlēḵəWalk
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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