Hebrew Interlinear
Genesis 37:25 Interlinear
“And they sat down to eat bread and they lifted up their eyes and looked and behold a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels and they lifted up spicery and balm and myrrh going to carry it down to Egypt”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיֵּֽשְׁבוּ֮ | H3427 | And they sat down | properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry |
| 2 | לֶֽאֱכָל | H398 | to eat | to eat (literally or figuratively) |
| 3 | לֶחֶם֒ | H3899 | bread | food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it) |
| 4 | נֹֽשְׂאִ֗ים | H5375 | and they lifted up | to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative |
| 5 | עֵֽינֵיהֶם֙ | H5869 | their eyes | an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) |
| 6 | וַיִּרְא֔וּ | H7200 | and looked | to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) |
| 7 | וְהִנֵּה֙ | H2009 | lo! | |
| 8 | אֹֽרְחַ֣ת | H736 | and behold a company | a caravan |
| 9 | יִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔ים | H3459 | of Ishmeelites | a jishmaelite or descendant of jishmael |
| 10 | בָּאָ֖ה | H935 | came | to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) |
| 11 | מִגִּלְעָ֑ד | H1568 | from Gilead | gilad, a region east of the jordan; also the name of three israelites |
| 12 | וּגְמַלֵּיהֶ֣ם | H1581 | with their camels | a camel |
| 13 | נֹֽשְׂאִ֗ים | H5375 | and they lifted up | to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative |
| 14 | נְכֹאת֙ | H5219 | spicery | properly, a smiting, i.e., (concretely) an aromatic gum (perhaps styrax) (as powdered) |
| 15 | וּצְרִ֣י | H6875 | and balm | distillation, i.e., balsam |
| 16 | וָלֹ֔ט | H3910 | and myrrh | a gum (from its sticky nature), probably ladanum |
| 17 | הֽוֹלְכִ֖ים | H1980 | going | to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) |
| 18 | לְהוֹרִ֥יד | H3381 | to carry it down | to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau |
| 19 | מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃ | H4714 | to Egypt | mitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt |
Verse Context
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Genesis 37:25 (current)And they sat down to eat bread and they lifted up their eyes and looked and behold a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels and they lifted up spicery and balm and myrrh going to carry it down to Egypt
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