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Genesis 38:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.


Genesis 38:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 38:211 words
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
שָׁםšāmThere
יְהוּדָהyəhûdāhJehudah
בַּתbatDaughter
אִישׁʾîšMan
כְּנַעֲנִיkənaʿănîKenaanite
וּשְׁמוֹûšəmwōAnd appellation
שׁוּעַšûʿaShua
וַיִּקָּחֶהָwayiqāḥehāAnd take
וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go
אֵלֶיהָʾēleyhāNear
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
שָׁםšāmThere
יְהוּדָהyəhûdāhJehudah
בַּתbatDaughter
אִישׁʾîšMan
כְּנַעֲנִיkənaʿănîKenaanite
וּשְׁמוֹûšəmwōAnd appellation
שׁוּעַšûʿaShua
וַיִּקָּחֶהָwayiqāḥehāAnd take
וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go
אֵלֶיהָʾēleyhāNear

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