Genesis 38:21 — King James Version← Study notes
“Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.”
Genesis 38:21 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 38:2116 words
וַיִּשְׁאַלwayišəʾalAnd inquire
אֶתʾet—
אַנְשֵׁיʾanəšêMan
מְקֹמָהּməqōmāhStanding
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
אַיֵּהʾayēhWhere?
הַקְּדֵשָׁהhaqədēšāhThe female devotee
הִואhiwʾHe
בָעֵינַיִםvāʿênayimIn Enajim
עַלʿalAbove
הַדָּרֶךְhadāreḵəThe road
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
לֹאlōʾNot
הָיְתָהhāyətāhExist
בָזֶהvāzehIn this
קְדֵשָׁהqədēšāhFemale devotee
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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