Genesis 38:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.”

Genesis 38:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 38:2014 words

וַיִּשְׁלַחwayišəlaḥAnd send

יְהוּדָהyəhûdāhJehudah

אֶתʾet—

גְּדִיgədîYoung goat

הָעִזִּיםhāʿizîmThe she-goat

בְּיַדbəyadIn hand

רֵעֵהוּrēʿēhûAssociate

הָעֲדֻלָּמִיhāʿădulāmîThe Adullamite

לָקַחַתlāqaḥatTo take

הָעֵרָבוֹןhāʿērāvwōnThe pawn

מִיַּדmîdFrom hand

הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

מְצָאָהּməṣāʾāhCome

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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