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Genesis 31:35 — King James Version← Study notes

And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.


Genesis 31:35Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 31:3521 words
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
אָבִיהָʾāvîhāFather
אַלʾalNot
יִחַרyiḥarGlow
בְּעֵינֵיbəʿênêIn eye
אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign
כִּיRelative conjunction
לוֹאlwōʾNot
אוּכַלʾûḵalBe able
לָקוּםlāqûmTo rise
מִפָּנֶיךָmipāneyḵāFrom face
כִּיRelative conjunction
דֶרֶךְdereḵəRoad
נָשִׁיםnāšîmWoman
לִיTo
וַיְחַפֵּשׂwayəḥapēśAnd seek
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
מָצָאmāṣāʾCome
אֶתʾet
הַתְּרָפִיםhatərāp̄îmThe Teraphim
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
אָבִיהָʾāvîhāFather
אַלʾalNot
יִחַרyiḥarGlow
בְּעֵינֵיbəʿênêIn eye
אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign
כִּיRelative conjunction
לוֹאlwōʾNot
אוּכַלʾûḵalBe able
לָקוּםlāqûmTo rise
מִפָּנֶיךָmipāneyḵāFrom face
כִּיRelative conjunction
דֶרֶךְdereḵəRoad
נָשִׁיםnāšîmWoman
לִיTo
וַיְחַפֵּשׂwayəḥapēśAnd seek
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
מָצָאmāṣāʾCome
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַתְּרָפִיםhatərāp̄îmThe Teraphim

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