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Genesis 39:9 — King James Version← Study notes

There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?


Genesis 39:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 39:922 words
אֵינֶנּוּʾênenûNonentity
גָדוֹלgādwōlGreat
בַּבַּיִתbabayitIn a house
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
מִמֶּנִּיmimenîPart
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
חָשַׂךְḥāśaḵəRestrain
מִמֶּנִּיmimenîPart
מְאוּמָהməʾûmāhSpeck
כִּיRelative conjunction
אִםʾimLo!
אוֹתָךְʾwōtāḵə
בַּאֲשֶׁרbaʾăšerIn who
אַתְּʾatəThou
אִשְׁתּוֹʾišətwōWoman
וְאֵיךְwəʾêḵəAnd how?
אֶעֱשֶׂהʾeʿĕśehDo
הָרָעָהhārāʿāhThe bad
הַגְּדֹלָהhagədōlāhThe great
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
וְחָטָאתִיwəḥāṭāʾtîAnd miss
לֵאלֹהִיםlēʾlōhîmTo God
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

אֵינֶנּוּʾênenûNonentity
גָדוֹלgādwōlGreat
בַּבַּיִתbabayitIn a house
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
מִמֶּנִּיmimenîPart
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
חָשַׂךְḥāśaḵəRestrain
מִמֶּנִּיmimenîPart
מְאוּמָהməʾûmāhSpeck
כִּיRelative conjunction
אִםʾimLo!
אוֹתָךְʾwōtāḵədirect object marker (no translation)
בַּאֲשֶׁרbaʾăšerIn who
אַתְּʾatəThou
אִשְׁתּוֹʾišətwōWoman
וְאֵיךְwəʾêḵəAnd how?
אֶעֱשֶׂהʾeʿĕśehDo
הָרָעָהhārāʿāhThe bad
הַגְּדֹלָהhagədōlāhThe great
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
וְחָטָאתִיwəḥāṭāʾtîAnd miss
לֵאלֹהִיםlēʾlōhîmTo God

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