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Genesis 37:34 — King James Version← Study notes

And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.


Genesis 37:34Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 37:3411 words
וַיִּקְרַעwayiqəraʿAnd rend
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
שִׂמְלֹתָיוśiməlōtāywDress
וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put
שַׂקśaqMesh
בְּמָתְנָיוbəmātənāywIn waist
וַיִּתְאַבֵּלwayitəʾabēlAnd bewail
עַלʿalAbove
בְּנוֹbənwōSon
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
רַבִּיםrabîmAbundant
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקְרַעwayiqəraʿAnd rend
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
שִׂמְלֹתָיוśiməlōtāywDress
וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put
שַׂקśaqMesh
בְּמָתְנָיוbəmātənāywIn waist
וַיִּתְאַבֵּלwayitəʾabēlAnd bewail
עַלʿalAbove
בְּנוֹbənwōSon
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
רַבִּיםrabîmAbundant

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