“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
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְהִ֥יwayəhiy
and it wasconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
בְ/לִדְתָּ֖/הּbəlidətāh
when gave birth shepronH3205
beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···
וַ/יִּתֶּןwayiten
and he put outconjH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
יָ֑דyād
a handnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
וַ/תִּקַּ֣חwatiqaḥ
and she tookconjH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
הַ/מְיַלֶּ֗דֶתhaməyaledet
the midwifeparticleH3205
beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···
וַ/תִּקְשֹׁ֨רwatiqəšōr
and she tiedconjH7194
conspire(-acy · -ator) · join together · knit ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
יָד֤/וֹyādwō
hand hisnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
שָׁנִי֙šāniy
a scarlet threadnounH8144
scarlet
לֵ/אמֹ֔רlēʾmōr
sayingpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
זֶ֖הzeh
this oneprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
יָצָ֥אyāṣāʾ
he came outverbH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
רִאשֹׁנָֽהriʾšōnāh
firstadjH7223
before · beginning · eldest · first ···
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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