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Genesis 24:50 Interlinear

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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