Hebrew Interlinear
Genesis 38:9 Interlinear
“knew And Onan seed should not be his and it came to pass when he went in wife to his brother that he spilled it on the ground lest that he should give seed to his brother”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיֵּ֣דַע | H3045 | knew | to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o |
| 2 | אוֹנָ֔ן | H209 | And Onan | onan, a son of judah |
| 3 | כִּ֛י | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 4 | לֹּ֥א | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 5 | ל֖וֹ | H0 | ||
| 6 | יִֽהְיֶ֣ה | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 7 | זֶ֖רַע | H2233 | seed | seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity |
| 8 | וְהָיָ֞ה | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 9 | אִם | H518 | should not be his and it came to pass when | used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not |
| 10 | בָּ֨א | H935 | he went in | to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) |
| 11 | אֶל | H413 | near, with or among; often in general, to | |
| 12 | אֵ֤שֶׁת | H802 | wife | a woman |
| 13 | לְאָחִֽיו׃ | H251 | to his brother | a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001]) |
| 14 | וְשִׁחֵ֣ת | H7843 | that he spilled | to decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively) |
| 15 | אַ֔רְצָה | H776 | it on the ground | the earth (at large, or partitively a land) |
| 16 | לְבִלְתִּ֥י | H1115 | lest | properly, a failure of, i.e., (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because n |
| 17 | נְתָן | H5414 | that he should give | to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) |
| 18 | זֶ֖רַע | H2233 | seed | seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity |
| 19 | לְאָחִֽיו׃ | H251 | to his brother | a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001]) |
Verse Context
Genesis 38:8said And Judah unto Onan Go in wife...
Genesis 38:9 (current)knew And Onan seed should not be his and it came to pass when he went in wife to his brother that he spilled it on the ground lest that he should give seed to his brother
Genesis 38:10 the LORD And the thing which he did wherefore he slew...