“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
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֵּ֣דַעwayēdaʿ
and he knewconjH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
אוֹנָ֔ןʾwōnān
OnannounH209
כִּ֛יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
לֹּ֥אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
ל֖/וֹlwō
pron
יִהְיֶ֣הyihəyeh
it will belongverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
הַ/זָּ֑רַעhazāraʿ
the offspringparticleH2233
carnally · fruitful · seed · sowing-time
וְ/הָיָ֞הwəhāyāh
and it wasconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
בָּ֨אbāʾ
he wentverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֶלʾel
intopronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אֵ֤שֶׁתʾēšet
the wife ofnounH802
each · every · female · many ···
אָחִי/ו֙ʾāḥiyw
brother hisnounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
וְ/שִׁחֵ֣תwəšiḥēt
and he spoiledconjH7843
cast off · corrupt(-er · thing) · destroy(-er ···
אַ֔רְצָ/הʾarəṣāh
the ground towardsnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
לְ/בִלְתִּ֥יləbilətiy
to notpronH1115
beside · but · continual · except ···
נְתָןnətān
to giveverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
זֶ֖רַעzeraʿ
offspringnounH2233
carnally · fruitful · seed · sowing-time
לְ/אָחִֽי/וləʾāḥiyw
to brother hispronH251
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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