Genesis 38:9 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.”
Genesis 38:9 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 38:919 words
וַיֵּדַעwayēdaʿAnd know
אוֹנָןʾwōnānOnan
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
לֹּאlōʾNot
לוֹlwōTo
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
הַזָּרַעhazāraʿThe seed
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
אִםʾimLo!
בָּאbāʾGo
אֶלʾelNear
אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
וְשִׁחֵתwəšiḥētAnd decay
אַרְצָהʾarəṣāhEarth
לְבִלְתִּיləvilətîTo failure of
נְתָןnətānGive
זֶרַעzeraʿSeed
לְאָחִיוləʾāḥîwTo brother
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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