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Genesis 38:27 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.


Genesis 38:27Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 38:276 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בְּעֵתbəʿētIn time
לִדְתָּהּlidətāhBear young
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
תְאוֹמִיםtəʾwōmîmTwin
בְּבִטְנָהּbəviṭənāhIn belly
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בְּעֵתbəʿētIn time
לִדְתָּהּlidətāhBear young
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
תְאוֹמִיםtəʾwōmîmTwin
בְּבִטְנָהּbəviṭənāhIn belly

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