“And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.”
Genesis 29:8 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 29:816 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּאמְרוּ֮wayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
נוּכַל֒nwkal
we are ableverbH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
עַ֣דʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
אֲשֶׁ֤רʾăšer
thatparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יֵאָֽסְפוּ֙yēʾāsəpw
they will be gatheredverbH622
bring · consume · destroy · felch ···
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הָ֣/עֲדָרִ֔יםhāʿădāriym
the flocksparticleH5739
flock · herd
וְ/גָֽלֲלוּ֙wəgālălw
and people will rollconjH1556
remove · roll (away · down · together) ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ/אֶ֔בֶןhāʾeben
the stoneparticleH68
carbuncle · mason · plummet · hail- ···
מֵ/עַ֖לmēʿal
from overpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
פִּ֣יpiy
the mouth ofnounH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
הַ/בְּאֵ֑רhabəʾēr
the wellparticleH875
well
וְ/הִשְׁקִ֖ינוּwəhišəqiynw
and we will waterconjH8248
give to · let · make to) drink · drown ···
הַ/צֹּֽאןhaṣōʾn
the sheepparticleH6629
flock · lamb · sheep(-cote · -fold ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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