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Genesis 24:15 Interlinear

And it came to pass before he had done speaking that behold Rebekah came out who was born to Bethuel son of Milcah the wife of Nahor brother Abraham's with her pitcher upon her shoulder

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַֽיְהִיH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2ה֗וּאH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
3טֶרֶם֮H2962properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before
4כִּלָּ֣הH3615And it came to pass before he had doneto end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
5לְדַבֵּר֒H1696speakingperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
6וְהִנֵּ֧הH2009lo!
7רִבְקָ֣הH7259that behold Rebekahribkah, the wife of isaac
8יֹצֵ֗אתH3318came outto go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
9אֲשֶׁ֤רH834whowho, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
10יֻלְּדָה֙H3205was bornto bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
11לִבְתוּאֵ֣לH1328to Bethuelbethuel, the name of a place in palestine
12בֶּןH1121sona son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
13מִלְכָּ֔הH4435of Milcahmilcah, the name of a hebrewess and of an israelite
14אֵ֥שֶׁתH802the wifea woman
15נָח֖וֹרH5152of Nahornachor, the name of the grandfather and a brother of abraham
16אֲחִ֣יH251brothera brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
17אַבְרָהָ֑םH85Abraham'sabraham, the later name of abram
18וְכַדָּ֖הּH3537with her pitcherproperly, a pail; but generally of earthenware; a jar for domestic purposes
19עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
20שִׁכְמָֽהּ׃H7926upon her shoulderthe neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of a hill

Verse Context

Genesis 24:14 And let it come to pass that the damsel and she shall say Let down...
Genesis 24:15 (current) And it came to pass before he had done speaking that behold Rebekah came out who was born to Bethuel son of Milcah the wife of Nahor brother Abraham's with her pitcher upon her shoulder
Genesis 24:16And the damsel fair to look upon was very a virgin neither had any man...

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