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

וַיֵּשְׁבוּwayēšəvûAnd sit

לֶאֱכָלleʾĕḵālTo eat

לֶחֶםleḥemFood

וַיִּשְׂאוּwayiśəʾûAnd lift

עֵינֵיהֶםʿênêhemEye

וַיִּרְאוּwayirəʾûAnd see

וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!

אֹרְחַתʾōrəḥatCaravan

יִשְׁמְעֵאלִיםyišəməʿēʾlîmJishmaelite

בָּאָהbāʾāhGo

מִגִּלְעָדmigiləʿādFrom Gilad

וּגְמַלֵּיהֶםûgəmalêhemAnd camel

נֹשְׂאִיםnōśəʾîmLift

נְכֹאתnəḵōʾtSmiting

וּצְרִיûṣərîAnd distillation

וָלֹטwālōṭAnd gum

הוֹלְכִיםhwōləḵîmWalk

לְהוֹרִידləhwōrîdTo descend

מִצְרָיְמָהmiṣərāyəmāhMitsrajim

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

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