Genesis 30:38 — King James Version← Study notes
“And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.”
Genesis 30:38 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 30:3817 words
וַיַּצֵּגwayaṣēgAnd place
אֶתʾet—
הַמַּקְלוֹתhamaqəlwōtThe shoot
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
פִּצֵּלpiṣēlPeel
בָּרֳהָטִיםbārŏhāṭîmIn channel
בְּשִׁקֲתוֹתbəšiqătwōtIn trough
הַמָּיִםhamāyimThe waters
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תָּבֹאןָtāvōʾnāGo
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock
לִשְׁתּוֹתlišətwōtTo imbibe
לְנֹכַחlənōḵaḥTo front
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock
וַיֵּחַמְנָהwayēḥamənāhAnd be hot
בְּבֹאָןbəvōʾānIn go
לִשְׁתּוֹתlišətwōtTo imbibe
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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