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Genesis 29:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well’s mouth.


Genesis 29:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 29:222 words
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
בְאֵרvəʾērPit
בַּשָּׂדֶהbaśādehIn field
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
שָׁםšāmThere
שְׁלֹשָׁהšəlōšāhThree
עֶדְרֵיʿedərêArrangement
צֹאןṣōʾnFlock
רֹבְצִיםrōvəṣîmCrouch
עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove
כִּיRelative conjunction
מִןminPart
הַבְּאֵרhabəʾērThe pit
הַהִואhahiwʾThe he
יַשְׁקוּyašəqûQuaff
הָעֲדָרִיםhāʿădārîmThe arrangement
וְהָאֶבֶןwəhāʾevenAnd the stone
גְּדֹלָהgədōlāhGreat
עַלʿalAbove
פִּיMouth
הַבְּאֵרhabəʾērThe pit
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
בְאֵרvəʾērPit
בַּשָּׂדֶהbaśādehIn field
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
שָׁםšāmThere
שְׁלֹשָׁהšəlōšāhThree
עֶדְרֵיʿedərêArrangement
צֹאןṣōʾnFlock
רֹבְצִיםrōvəṣîmCrouch
עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove
כִּיRelative conjunction
מִןminPart
הַבְּאֵרhabəʾērThe pit
הַהִואhahiwʾThe he
יַשְׁקוּyašəqûQuaff
הָעֲדָרִיםhāʿădārîmThe arrangement
וְהָאֶבֶןwəhāʾevenAnd the stone
גְּדֹלָהgədōlāhGreat
עַלʿalAbove
פִּיMouth
הַבְּאֵרhabəʾērThe pit

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