Genesis 37:10 — King James Version← Study notes
“And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?”
Genesis 37:10 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 37:1023 words
וַיְסַפֵּרwayəsapērAnd score
אֶלʾelNear
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
וַיִּגְעַרwayigəʿarAnd chide
בּוֹbwōIn
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לוֹlwōTo
מָהmāhWhat?
הַחֲלוֹםhaḥălwōmThe dream
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
חָלָמְתָּḥālāmətāBind firmly
הֲבוֹאhăvwōʾGo
נָבוֹאnāvwōʾGo
אֲנִיʾănîI
וְאִמְּךָwəʾiməḵāAnd mother
וְאַחֶיךָwəʾaḥeyḵāAnd brother
לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺתləhišətaḥăwōtTo depress
לְךָləḵāTo
אָרְצָהʾārəṣāhEarth
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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