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Genesis 35:18 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben–oni: but his father called him Benjamin.


Genesis 35:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 35:1813 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בְּצֵאתbəṣēʾtIn go
נַפְשָׁהּnap̄əšāhBreathing creature
כִּיRelative conjunction
מֵתָהmētāhDie
וַתִּקְרָאwatiqərāʾAnd call out to
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
בֶּןben
אוֹנִיʾwōnîBen-Oni
וְאָבִיוwəʾāvîwAnd father
קָרָאqārāʾCall out to
לוֹlwōTo
בִנְיָמִיןvinəyāmînBinjamin
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בְּצֵאתbəṣēʾtIn go
נַפְשָׁהּnap̄əšāhBreathing creature
כִּיRelative conjunction
מֵתָהmētāhDie
וַתִּקְרָאwatiqərāʾAnd call out to
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
בֶּןbendirect object marker (no translation)
אוֹנִיʾwōnîBen-Oni
וְאָבִיוwəʾāvîwAnd father
קָרָאqārāʾCall out to
לוֹlwōTo
בִנְיָמִיןvinəyāmînBinjamin

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