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Genesis 34:19 — King James Version← Study notes

And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.


Genesis 34:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 34:1914 words
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
אֵחַרʾēḥarLoiter
הַנַּעַרhanaʿarThe boy
לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do
הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word
כִּיRelative conjunction
חָפֵץḥāp̄ēṣIncline
בְּבַתbəvatIn daughter
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he
נִכְבָּדniḵəbādBe heavy
מִכֹּלmikōlFrom whole
בֵּיתbêtA house
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
אֵחַרʾēḥarLoiter
הַנַּעַרhanaʿarThe boy
לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do
הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word
כִּיRelative conjunction
חָפֵץḥāp̄ēṣIncline
בְּבַתbəvatIn daughter
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he
נִכְבָּדniḵəbādBe heavy
מִכֹּלmikōlFrom whole
בֵּיתbêtA house
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather

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