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Genesis 38:16 — King James Version← Study notes

And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?


Genesis 38:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 38:1622 words
וַיֵּטwayēṭAnd stretch
אֵלֶיהָʾēleyhāNear
אֶלʾelNear
הַדֶּרֶךְhadereḵəThe road
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הָבָהhāvāhGive
נָּאnāʾ'I pray'
אָבוֹאʾāvwōʾGo
אֵלַיִךְʾēlayiḵəNear
כִּיRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
יָדַעyādaʿKnow
כִּיRelative conjunction
כַלָּתוֹḵalātwōBride
הִואhiwʾHe
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
מַהmahWhat?
תִּתֶּןtitenGive
לִּיTo
כִּיRelative conjunction
תָבוֹאtāvwōʾGo
אֵלָיʾēlāyNear
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֵּטwayēṭAnd stretch
אֵלֶיהָʾēleyhāNear
אֶלʾelNear
הַדֶּרֶךְhadereḵəThe road
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הָבָהhāvāhGive
נָּאnāʾ'I pray'
אָבוֹאʾāvwōʾGo
אֵלַיִךְʾēlayiḵəNear
כִּיRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
יָדַעyādaʿKnow
כִּיRelative conjunction
כַלָּתוֹḵalātwōBride
הִואhiwʾHe
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
מַהmahWhat?
תִּתֶּןtitenGive
לִּיTo
כִּיRelative conjunction
תָבוֹאtāvwōʾGo
אֵלָיʾēlāyNear

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