“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
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֞לwayišəʾal
and he askedconjH7592
on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אַנְשֵׁ֤יʾanəšēy
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
מְקֹמָ/הּ֙məqōmāh
place hernounH4725
home · open · place · room ···
לֵ/אמֹ֔רlēʾmōr
sayingpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אַיֵּ֧הʾayēh
where?particleH346
הַ/קְּדֵשָׁ֛הhaqədēšāh
is the cult prostituteparticleH6948
whore
הִ֥ואhiwʾ
sheprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
בָ/עֵינַ֖יִםbāʿēynayim
was at EnaimpronH5879
openly
עַלʿal
atpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/דָּ֑רֶךְhadārekə
the roadparticleH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּwayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
הָיְתָ֥הhāyətāh
she wasverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
בָ/זֶ֖הbāzeh
in this placepronH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
קְדֵשָֽׁהqədēšāh
a cult prostituteadjH6948
whore
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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