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 31:35 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 31:3521 words
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
אָבִיהָʾāvîhāFather
אַלʾalNot
יִחַרyiḥarGlow
בְּעֵינֵיbəʿênêIn eye
אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
לוֹאlwōʾNot
אוּכַלʾûḵalBe able
לָקוּםlāqûmTo rise
מִפָּנֶיךָmipāneyḵāFrom face
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
דֶרֶךְdereḵəRoad
נָשִׁיםnāšîmWoman
לִיlîTo
וַיְחַפֵּשׂwayəḥapēśAnd seek
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
מָצָאmāṣāʾCome
אֶתʾet—
הַתְּרָפִיםhatərāp̄îmThe Teraphim
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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