“And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.”
Genesis 38:8 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 38:812 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוּדָה֙yəhwdāh
JudahnounH3063
לְ/אוֹנָ֔ןləʾwōnān
to OnanpronH209
בֹּ֛אbōʾ
goverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֶלʾel
intopronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אֵ֥שֶׁתʾēšet
the wife ofnounH802
each · every · female · many ···
אָחִ֖י/ךָʾāḥiykā
brother yournounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
וְ/יַבֵּ֣םwəyabēm
and act as a husband's brother forconjH2992
marry
אֹתָ֑/הּʾōtāh
herparticleH853
וְ/הָקֵ֥םwəhāqēm
and raise upconjH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
זֶ֖רַעzeraʿ
offspringnounH2233
carnally · fruitful · seed · sowing-time
לְ/אָחִֽי/ךָləʾāḥiykā
for brother yourpronH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
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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