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Genesis 37:24 — King James Version← Study notes

And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.


Genesis 37:24Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 37:249 words
וַיִּקָּחֻהוּwayiqāḥuhûAnd take
וַיַּשְׁלִכוּwayašəliḵûAnd throw
אֹתוֹʾōtwō
הַבֹּרָהhabōrāhThe hole
וְהַבּוֹרwəhabwōrAnd the hole
רֵקrēqEmpty
אֵיןʾênNonentity
בּוֹbwōIn
מָיִםmāyimWaters
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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וַיִּקָּחֻהוּwayiqāḥuhûAnd take
וַיַּשְׁלִכוּwayašəliḵûAnd throw
אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)
הַבֹּרָהhabōrāhThe hole
וְהַבּוֹרwəhabwōrAnd the hole
רֵקrēqEmpty
אֵיןʾênNonentity
בּוֹbwōIn
מָיִםmāyimWaters

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