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 39:9 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 39:922 words
אֵינֶנּוּʾênenûNonentity
גָדוֹלgādwōlGreat
בַּבַּיִתbabayitIn a house
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
מִמֶּנִּיmimenîPart
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
חָשַׂךְḥāśaḵəRestrain
מִמֶּנִּיmimenîPart
מְאוּמָהməʾûmāhSpeck
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
אִםʾimLo!
אוֹתָךְʾwōtāḵə—
בַּאֲשֶׁרbaʾăšerIn who
אַתְּʾatəThou
אִשְׁתּוֹʾišətwōWoman
וְאֵיךְwəʾêḵəAnd how?
אֶעֱשֶׂהʾeʿĕśehDo
הָרָעָהhārāʿāhThe bad
הַגְּדֹלָהhagədōlāhThe great
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
וְחָטָאתִיwəḥāṭāʾtîAnd miss
לֵאלֹהִיםlēʾlōhîmTo God
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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