“And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.”
Genesis 38:18 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 38:1818 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
מָ֣הmāh
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
הָֽ/עֵרָבוֹן֮hāʿērābwōn
is the pledgeparticleH6162
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אֶתֶּןʾeten
I will giveverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לָּ/ךְ֒lākə
pron
וַ/תֹּ֗אמֶרwatōʾmer
and she saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
חֹתָֽמְ/ךָ֙ḥōtāməkā
seal yournounH2368
signet
וּ/פְתִילֶ֔/ךָwpətiylekā
and cord yourconjH6616
bracelet · lace · line · ribband ···
וּ/מַטְּ/ךָ֖wmaṭəkā
and staff yourconjH4294
staff · tribe
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
בְּ/יָדֶ֑/ךָbəyādekā
is in hand yourpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
וַ/יִּתֶּןwayiten
and he gave themconjH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לָּ֛/הּlāh
pron
וַ/יָּבֹ֥אwayābōʾ
and he wentconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֵלֶ֖י/הָʾēleyhā
into herpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
וַ/תַּ֥הַרwatahar
and she conceivedconjH2029
be with child · conceive · progenitor
לֽ/וֹlwō
pron
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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