Genesis 24:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.”

Genesis 24:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 24:913 words

וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put

הָעֶבֶדhāʿevedThe servant

אֶתʾet—

יָדוֹyādwōHand

תַּחַתtaḥatBottom

יֶרֶךְyereḵəThigh

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

אֲדֹנָיוʾădōnāywSovereign

וַיִּשָּׁבַעwayišāvaʿAnd seven

לוֹlwōTo

עַלʿalAbove

הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put

הָעֶבֶדhāʿevedThe servant

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יָדוֹyādwōHand

תַּחַתtaḥatBottom

יֶרֶךְyereḵəThigh

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

אֲדֹנָיוʾădōnāywSovereign

וַיִּשָּׁבַעwayišāvaʿAnd seven

לוֹlwōTo

עַלʿalAbove

הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

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