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Genesis 49:15 — King James Version← Study notes

And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.


Genesis 49:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 49:1514 words
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
מְנֻחָהmənuḥāhRepose
כִּיRelative conjunction
טוֹבṭwōvGood
וְאֶתwəʾet
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
כִּיRelative conjunction
נָעֵמָהnāʿēmāhBe agreeable
וַיֵּטwayēṭAnd stretch
שִׁכְמוֹšiḵəmwōNeck
לִסְבֹּלlisəbōlTo carry
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
לְמַסləmasTo burden
עֹבֵדʿōvēdWork
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
מְנֻחָהmənuḥāhRepose
כִּיRelative conjunction
טוֹבṭwōvGood
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
כִּיRelative conjunction
נָעֵמָהnāʿēmāhBe agreeable
וַיֵּטwayēṭAnd stretch
שִׁכְמוֹšiḵəmwōNeck
לִסְבֹּלlisəbōlTo carry
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
לְמַסləmasTo burden
עֹבֵדʿōvēdWork

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