Genesis 37:31 — King James Version← Study notes

“And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;”

Genesis 37:31 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 37:3111 words

וַיִּקְחוּwayiqəḥûAnd take

אֶתʾet—

כְּתֹנֶתkətōnetShirt

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

וַיִּשְׁחֲטוּwayišəḥăṭûAnd slaughter

שְׂעִירśəʿîrShaggy

עִזִּיםʿizîmShe-goat

וַיִּטְבְּלוּwayiṭəbəlûAnd dip

אֶתʾet—

הַכֻּתֹּנֶתhakutōnetThe shirt

בַּדָּםbadāmIn blood

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקְחוּwayiqəḥûAnd take

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

כְּתֹנֶתkətōnetShirt

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

וַיִּשְׁחֲטוּwayišəḥăṭûAnd slaughter

שְׂעִירśəʿîrShaggy

עִזִּיםʿizîmShe-goat

וַיִּטְבְּלוּwayiṭəbəlûAnd dip

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַכֻּתֹּנֶתhakutōnetThe shirt

בַּדָּםbadāmIn blood

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