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 29:8 — Hebrew 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
פִּיpîMouth
הַבְּאֵרhabəʾērThe pit
וְהִשְׁקִינוּwəhišəqînûAnd quaff
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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