Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 24:50 Interlinear

Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Genesis 24:50, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.

answered Then Laban and Bethuel and said from the LORD proceedeth The thing we cannot speak unto thee bad or good

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיַּ֨עַןH6030answeredproperly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,
2לָבָ֤ןH3837Then Labanlaban, a place in the desert
3וּבְתוּאֵל֙H1328and Bethuelbethuel, the name of a place in palestine
4וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּH559and saidto say (used with great latitude)
5מֵֽיְהוָ֖הH3068from the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
6יָצָ֣אH3318proceedethto go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
7הַדָּבָ֑רH1697The thinga word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
8לֹ֥אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
9נוּכַ֛לH3201we cannotto be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
10דַּבֵּ֥רH1696speakperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
11אֵלֶ֖יךָH413near, with or among; often in general, to
12רַ֥עH7451unto thee badbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
13אוֹH176ordesire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
14טֽוֹב׃H2896goodgood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good

Verse Context

Genesis 24:49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly...
Genesis 24:50 (current)answered Then Laban and Bethuel and said from the LORD proceedeth The thing we cannot speak unto thee bad or good
Genesis 24:51 Behold Rebekah is before thee take ...

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