Genesis 38:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.”

Genesis 38:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 38:512 words

וַתֹּסֶףwatōsep̄And add

עוֹדʿwōdIteration

וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young

בֵּןbēnSon

וַתִּקְרָאwatiqərāʾAnd call out to

אֶתʾet—

שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation

שֵׁלָהšēlāhShelah

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

בִכְזִיבviḵəzîvIn Kezib

בְּלִדְתָּהּbəlidətāhIn bear young

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתֹּסֶףwatōsep̄And add

עוֹדʿwōdIteration

וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young

בֵּןbēnSon

וַתִּקְרָאwatiqərāʾAnd call out to

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation

שֵׁלָהšēlāhShelah

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

בִכְזִיבviḵəzîvIn Kezib

בְּלִדְתָּהּbəlidətāhIn bear young

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

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