Genesis 37:25 — King James Version← Study notes

“And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.”

Genesis 37:25 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 37:2519 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֵּשְׁבוּ֮wayēšəbw

and they sat downconjH3427

continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···

לֶֽ/אֱכָלleʾĕkāl

to eatpronH398

at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···

לֶחֶם֒leḥem

breadnounH3899

eat · food · fruit · loaf ···

וַ/יִּשְׂא֤וּwayiśəʾw

and they lifted upconjH5375

advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···

עֵֽינֵי/הֶם֙ʿēynēyhem

eyes theirnounH5869

outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···

וַ/יִּרְא֔וּwayirəʾw

and they sawconjH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

וְ/הִנֵּה֙wəhinēh

and there!conjH2009

lo · see

אֹרְחַ֣תʾōrəḥat

a caravan ofnounH736

יִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔יםyišəməʿēʾliym

IshmaelitesnounH3459

בָּאָ֖הbāʾāh

was comingverbH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

מִ/גִּלְעָ֑דmigiləʿād

from GileadpronH1568

Gileadite

וּ/גְמַלֵּי/הֶ֣םwgəmalēyhem

and camels theirconjH1581

נֹֽשְׂאִ֗יםnōśəʾiym

were carryingverbH5375

advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···

נְכֹאת֙nəkōʾt

spicenounH5219

וּ/צְרִ֣יwṣəriy

and balmconjH6875

וָ/לֹ֔טwālōṭ

and myrrhconjH3910

הוֹלְכִ֖יםhwōləkiym

travelingverbH1980

apace · behave · come · continually ···

לְ/הוֹרִ֥ידləhwōriyd

to take them downpronH3381

abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···

מִצְרָֽיְמָ/הmiṣərāyəmāh

Egypt towardsnounH4714

Egyptians · Mizraim

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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