Genesis 39:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.”

Genesis 39:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 39:714 words

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

אַחַרʾaḥarThe hind part

הַדְּבָרִיםhadəvārîmThe word

הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these

וַתִּשָּׂאwatiśāʾAnd lift

אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman

אֲדֹנָיוʾădōnāywSovereign

אֶתʾet—

עֵינֶיהָʿêneyhāEye

אֶלʾelNear

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say

שִׁכְבָהšiḵəvāhLie down

עִמִּיʿimîWith

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

אַחַרʾaḥarThe hind part

הַדְּבָרִיםhadəvārîmThe word

הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these

וַתִּשָּׂאwatiśāʾAnd lift

אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman

אֲדֹנָיוʾădōnāywSovereign

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

עֵינֶיהָʿêneyhāEye

אֶלʾelNear

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say

שִׁכְבָהšiḵəvāhLie down

עִמִּיʿimîWith

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