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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
HebrewMeaning
אֵינֶ֨/נּוּʾēynenw
not is heparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
גָד֜וֹלgādwōl
greatadjH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
בַּ/בַּ֣יִתbabayit
in the householdpronH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
הַ/זֶּה֮hazeh
thisparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
מִמֶּ/נִּי֒mimeniy
more than mepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
חָשַׂ֤ךְḥāśakə
he has withheldverbH2820
darken · forbear · hinder · hold back ···
מִמֶּ֨/נִּי֙mimeniy
from mepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
מְא֔וּמָהməʾwmāh
anythingnounH3972
no · ought · somewhat · any thing
כִּ֥יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אִםʾim
exceptconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
אוֹתָ֖/ךְʾwōtākə
youparticleH853
בַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣רbaʾăšer
in thatpronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אַתְּʾatə
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
אִשְׁתּ֑/וֹʾišətwō
are wife hisnounH802
each · every · female · many ···
וְ/אֵ֨יךְwəʾēykə
and how?conjH349
what
אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֜הʾeʿĕśeh
will I doverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
הָ/רָעָ֤הhārāʿāh
the evilparticleH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
הַ/גְּדֹלָה֙hagədōlāh
greatparticleH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
הַ/זֹּ֔אתhazōʾt
thisparticleH2063
-with) · it · likewise · the one (other ···
וְ/חָטָ֖אתִיwəḥāṭāʾtiy
and I will sinconjH2398
cleanse · commit · by fault · harm he hath done ···
לֵֽ/אלֹהִֽיםlēʾlōhiym
to GodpronH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
Words 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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