Genesis 38:28 — King James Version← Study notes
“And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.”
Genesis 38:28 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 38:2814 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בְלִדְתָּהּvəlidətāhIn bear young
וַיִּתֶּןwayitenAnd give
יָדyādHand
וַתִּקַּחwatiqaḥAnd take
הַמְיַלֶּדֶתhaməyaledetThe bear young
וַתִּקְשֹׁרwatiqəšōrAnd tie
עַלʿalAbove
יָדוֹyādwōHand
שָׁנִיšānîCrimson
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
זֶהzehThis
יָצָאyāṣāʾGo
רִאשֹׁנָהriʾšōnāhFirst
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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