Genesis 24:65 — King James Version← Study notes

“For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.”

Genesis 24:65 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 24:6516 words

וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say

אֶלʾelNear

הָעֶבֶדhāʿevedThe servant

מִיmîWho?

הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man

הַלָּזֶהhalāzehThis very

הַהֹלֵךְhahōlēḵəThe walk

בַּשָּׂדֶהbaśādehIn field

לִקְרָאתֵנוּliqərāʾtēnûTo encountering

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

הָעֶבֶדhāʿevedThe servant

הוּאhûʾHe

אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign

וַתִּקַּחwatiqaḥAnd take

הַצָּעִיףhaṣāʿîp̄The veil

וַתִּתְכָּסwatitəkāsAnd plump

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say

אֶלʾelNear

הָעֶבֶדhāʿevedThe servant

מִיmîWho?

הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man

הַלָּזֶהhalāzehThis very

הַהֹלֵךְhahōlēḵəThe walk

בַּשָּׂדֶהbaśādehIn field

לִקְרָאתֵנוּliqərāʾtēnûTo encountering

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

הָעֶבֶדhāʿevedThe servant

הוּאhûʾHe

אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign

וַתִּקַּחwatiqaḥAnd take

הַצָּעִיףhaṣāʿîp̄The veil

וַתִּתְכָּסwatitəkāsAnd plump

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