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Genesis 39:10 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.


Genesis 39:10Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 39:1013 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כְּדַבְּרָהּkədabərāhLike arrange
אֶלʾelNear
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
יוֹםywōmDay
יוֹםywōmDay
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
שָׁמַעšāmaʿHear
אֵלֶיהָʾēleyhāNear
לִשְׁכַּבlišəkavTo lie down
אֶצְלָהּʾeṣəlāhSide
לִהְיוֹתlihəywōtTo exist
עִמָּהּʿimāhWith
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כְּדַבְּרָהּkədabərāhLike arrange
אֶלʾelNear
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
יוֹםywōmDay
יוֹםywōmDay
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
שָׁמַעšāmaʿHear
אֵלֶיהָʾēleyhāNear
לִשְׁכַּבlišəkavTo lie down
אֶצְלָהּʾeṣəlāhSide
לִהְיוֹתlihəywōtTo exist
עִמָּהּʿimāhWith

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