Genesis 38:18 — King James Version← Study notes
“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
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מָהmāhWhat?
הָעֵרָבוֹןhāʿērāvwōnThe pawn
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אֶתֶּןʾetenGive
לָּךְlāḵəTo
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
חֹתָמְךָḥōtāməḵāSignature-ring
וּפְתִילֶךָûp̄ətîleḵāAnd twine
וּמַטְּךָûmaṭəḵāAnd branch
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בְּיָדֶךָbəyādeḵāIn hand
וַיִּתֶּןwayitenAnd give
לָּהּlāhTo
וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go
אֵלֶיהָʾēleyhāNear
וַתַּהַרwataharAnd be
לוֹlwōTo
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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