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Genesis 29:8 — King James Version← Study notes

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 29:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 29:816 words
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
לֹאlōʾNot
נוּכַלnûḵalBe able
עַדʿadAs far
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יֵאָסְפוּyēʾāsəp̄ûGather
כָּלkālWhole
הָעֲדָרִיםhāʿădārîmThe arrangement
וְגָלֲלוּwəgālălûAnd roll
אֶתʾet
הָאֶבֶןhāʾevenThe stone
מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above
פִּיMouth
הַבְּאֵרhabəʾērThe pit
וְהִשְׁקִינוּwəhišəqînûAnd quaff
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
לֹאlōʾNot
נוּכַלnûḵalBe able
עַדʿadAs far
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יֵאָסְפוּyēʾāsəp̄ûGather
כָּלkālWhole
הָעֲדָרִיםhāʿădārîmThe arrangement
וְגָלֲלוּwəgālălûAnd roll
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָאֶבֶןhāʾevenThe stone
מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above
פִּיMouth
הַבְּאֵרhabəʾērThe pit
וְהִשְׁקִינוּwəhišəqînûAnd quaff
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock

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