Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 38:8 Interlinear

“said And Judah unto Onan Go in wife to thy brother and marry her and raise up seed to thy brother”

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Genesis 38 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	H559	said	to say (used with great latitude)
2	יְהוּדָה֙	H3063	And Judah	jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
3	לְאוֹנָ֔ן	H209	unto Onan	onan, a son of judah
4	בֹּ֛א	H935	Go in	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
5	אֶל	H413		near, with or among; often in general, to
6	אֵ֥שֶׁת	H802	wife	a woman
7	לְאָחִֽיךָ׃	H251	to thy brother	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
8	וְיַבֵּ֣ם	H2992	and marry	to marry a (deceased) brother's widow
9	אֹתָ֑הּ	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
10	וְהָקֵ֥ם	H6965	her and raise up	to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
11	זֶ֖רַע	H2233	seed	seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
12	לְאָחִֽיךָ׃	H251	to thy brother	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])

Genesis 38:8 (current)said And Judah unto Onan Go in wife to thy brother and marry her and raise up seed to thy brother