Genesis 29:3
When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.
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ASV
And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in its place.
KJV
And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in his place.
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְנֶאֶסְפוּ־ | ve.ne.'es.fu- | and they were gathered | H622 → |
| שָׁ֣מָּה | Sha.mah | there towards | H8033 → |
| כָל־ | khol- | all | H3605 → |
| הָעֲדָרִ֗ים | ha.'a.da.Rim | the flocks | H5739 → |
| וְגָלֲל֤וּ | ve.ga.la.Lu | and they rolled | H1556 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הָאֶ֙בֶן֙ | ha.'E.ven | the stone | H68 → |
| מֵעַל֙ | me.'Al | from over | H5921 → |
| פִּ֣י | pi | [the] mouth of | H6310 → |
| הַבְּאֵ֔ר | ha.be.'Er | the well | H875 → |
| וְהִשְׁק֖וּ | ve.hish.Ku | and they watered | H8248 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הַצֹּ֑אן | ha.Tzon | the sheep | H6629 → |
| וְהֵשִׁ֧יבוּ | ve.he.Shi.vu | and they put back | H7725 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הָאֶ֛בֶן | ha.'E.ven | the stone | H68 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | over | H5921 → |
| פִּ֥י | pi | [the] mouth of | H6310 → |
| הַבְּאֵ֖ר | ha.be.'Er | the well | H875 → |
| לִמְקֹמָֽהּ׃ | lim.ko.Mah | to place its | H4725 → |
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