Genesis 38:25 — King James Version← Study notes
“When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.”
Genesis 38:25 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 38:2521 words
הִואhiwʾHe
מוּצֵאתmûṣēʾtGo
וְהִיאwəhîʾAnd he
שָׁלְחָהšāləḥāhSend
אֶלʾelNear
חָמִיהָḥāmîhāFather-in-law
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
לְאִישׁləʾîšTo man
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese
לּוֹlwōTo
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
הָרָהhārāhPregnant
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
הַכֶּרhakerScrutinize
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
לְמִיləmîTo who?
הַחֹתֶמֶתhaḥōtemetThe seal
וְהַפְּתִילִיםwəhapətîlîmAnd the twine
וְהַמַּטֶּהwəhamaṭehAnd the branch
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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