Genesis 37:2 — King James Version← Study notes
“These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.”
Genesis 37:2 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 37:230 words
אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese
תֹּלְדוֹתtōlədwōtDescent
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
בֶּןbenSon
שְׁבַעšəvaʿSeven
עֶשְׂרֵהʿeśərēhTen
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
הָיָהhāyāhExist
רֹעֶהrōʿehTend
אֶתʾetNearness
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
בַּצֹּאןbaṣōʾnIn flock
וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he
נַעַרnaʿarBoy
אֶתʾetNearness
בְּנֵיbənêSon
בִלְהָהviləhāhBilhah
וְאֶתwəʾetAnd nearness
בְּנֵיbənêSon
זִלְפָּהziləpāhZilpah
נְשֵׁיnəšêWoman
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
וַיָּבֵאwayāvēʾAnd go
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
אֶתʾet—
דִּבָּתָםdibātāmSlander
רָעָהrāʿāhBad
אֶלʾelNear
אֲבִיהֶםʾăvîhemFather
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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