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Genesis 24:60 — King James Version← Study notes

And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.


Genesis 24:60Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 24:6015 words
וַיְבָרֲכוּwayəvārăḵûAnd kneel
אֶתʾet
רִבְקָהrivəqāhRibkah
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
לָהּlāhTo
אֲחֹתֵנוּʾăḥōtēnûSister
אַתְּʾatəThou
הֲיִיhăyîExist
לְאַלְפֵיləʾaləp̄êTo thousand
רְבָבָהrəvāvāhAbundance
וְיִירַשׁwəyîrašAnd occupy
זַרְעֵךְzarəʿēḵəSeed
אֵתʾēt
שַׁעַרšaʿarOpening
שֹׂנְאָיוśōnəʾāywHate
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְבָרֲכוּwayəvārăḵûAnd kneel
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
רִבְקָהrivəqāhRibkah
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
לָהּlāhTo
אֲחֹתֵנוּʾăḥōtēnûSister
אַתְּʾatəThou
הֲיִיhăyîExist
לְאַלְפֵיləʾaləp̄êTo thousand
רְבָבָהrəvāvāhAbundance
וְיִירַשׁwəyîrašAnd occupy
זַרְעֵךְzarəʿēḵəSeed
אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)
שַׁעַרšaʿarOpening
שֹׂנְאָיוśōnəʾāywHate

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