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Genesis 38:29 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.


Genesis 38:29Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 38:2914 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כְּמֵשִׁיבkəmēšîvLike turn
יָדוֹyādwōHand
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
יָצָאyāṣāʾGo
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
מַהmahWhat?
פָּרַצְתָּpāraṣətāBreak
עָלֶיךָʿāleyḵāAbove
פָּרֶץpāreṣBreak
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
פָּרֶץpāreṣPerets
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כְּמֵשִׁיבkəmēšîvLike turn
יָדוֹyādwōHand
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
יָצָאyāṣāʾGo
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
מַהmahWhat?
פָּרַצְתָּpāraṣətāBreak
עָלֶיךָʿāleyḵāAbove
פָּרֶץpāreṣBreak
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
פָּרֶץpāreṣPerets

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