Genesis 35:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.”

Genesis 35:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 35:421 words

וַיִּתְּנוּwayitənûAnd give

אֶלʾelNear

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

אֵתʾēt—

כָּלkālWhole

אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod

הַנֵּכָרhanēḵārThe foreign

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בְּיָדָםbəyādāmIn hand

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הַנְּזָמִיםhanəzāmîmThe nose-ring

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בְּאָזְנֵיהֶםbəʾāzənêhemIn broadness

וַיִּטְמֹןwayiṭəmōnAnd hide

אֹתָםʾōtām—

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

תַּחַתtaḥatBottom

הָאֵלָהhāʾēlāhThe oak

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

עִםʿimWith

שְׁכֶםšəḵemShekem

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּתְּנוּwayitənûAnd give

אֶלʾelNear

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod

הַנֵּכָרhanēḵārThe foreign

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בְּיָדָםbəyādāmIn hand

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַנְּזָמִיםhanəzāmîmThe nose-ring

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בְּאָזְנֵיהֶםbəʾāzənêhemIn broadness

וַיִּטְמֹןwayiṭəmōnAnd hide

אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

תַּחַתtaḥatBottom

הָאֵלָהhāʾēlāhThe oak

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

עִםʿimWith

שְׁכֶםšəḵemShekem

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