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Genesis 38:22 — King James Version← Study notes

And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.


Genesis 38:22Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 38:2214 words
וַיָּשָׁבwayāšāvAnd turn
אֶלʾelNear
יְהוּדָהyəhûdāhJehudah
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לֹאlōʾNot
מְצָאתִיהָməṣāʾtîhāCome
וְגַםwəgamAnd assemblage
אַנְשֵׁיʾanəšêMan
הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing
אָמְרוּʾāmərûSay
לֹאlōʾNot
הָיְתָהhāyətāhExist
בָזֶהvāzehIn this
קְדֵשָׁהqədēšāhFemale devotee
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּשָׁבwayāšāvAnd turn
אֶלʾelNear
יְהוּדָהyəhûdāhJehudah
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לֹאlōʾNot
מְצָאתִיהָməṣāʾtîhāCome
וְגַםwəgamAnd assemblage
אַנְשֵׁיʾanəšêMan
הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing
אָמְרוּʾāmərûSay
לֹאlōʾNot
הָיְתָהhāyətāhExist
בָזֶהvāzehIn this
קְדֵשָׁהqədēšāhFemale devotee

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