Genesis 29:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in his place.”

Genesis 29:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 29:320 words

וְנֶאֶסְפוּwəneʾesəp̄ûAnd gather

שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere

כָלḵālWhole

הָעֲדָרִיםhāʿădārîmThe arrangement

וְגָלֲלוּwəgālălûAnd roll

אֶתʾet—

הָאֶבֶןhāʾevenThe stone

מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above

פִּיpîMouth

הַבְּאֵרhabəʾērThe pit

וְהִשְׁקוּwəhišəqûAnd quaff

אֶתʾet—

הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock

וְהֵשִׁיבוּwəhēšîvûAnd turn

אֶתʾet—

הָאֶבֶןhāʾevenThe stone

עַלʿalAbove

פִּיpîMouth

הַבְּאֵרhabəʾērThe pit

לִמְקֹמָהּliməqōmāhTo standing

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְנֶאֶסְפוּwəneʾesəp̄ûAnd gather

שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere

כָלḵālWhole

הָעֲדָרִיםhāʿădārîmThe arrangement

וְגָלֲלוּwəgālălûAnd roll

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאֶבֶןhāʾevenThe stone

מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above

פִּיpîMouth

הַבְּאֵרhabəʾērThe pit

וְהִשְׁקוּwəhišəqûAnd quaff

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock

וְהֵשִׁיבוּwəhēšîvûAnd turn

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאֶבֶןhāʾevenThe stone

עַלʿalAbove

פִּיpîMouth

הַבְּאֵרhabəʾērThe pit

לִמְקֹמָהּliməqōmāhTo standing

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