Genesis 38:16
Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.
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ASV
And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee: for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
KJV
And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
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22 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּ֨ט | vai.Yet | and he turned aside | H5186 → |
| אֵלֶ֜יהָ | 'e.Lei.ha | to her | H413 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ | ha.De.rekh | the road | H1870 → |
| וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| הָֽבָה־ | ha.vah- | give ! | H3051 → |
| נָּא֙ | na' | please | H4994 → |
| אָב֣וֹא | 'a.Vo' | let me go | H935 → |
| אֵלַ֔יִךְ | 'e.La.yikh | into you | H413 → |
| כִּ֚י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| יָדַ֔ע | ya.Da' | he knew | H3045 → |
| כִּ֥י | ki | that | H3588 → |
| כַלָּת֖וֹ | kha.la.To | [was] daughter-in-law his | H3618 → |
| הִ֑וא | hi' | she | H1931 → |
| וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | va.To.mer | and she said | H559 → |
| מַה־ | mah- | what? | H4100 → |
| תִּתֶּן־ | ti.ten- | will you give | H5414 → |
| לִּ֔י | Li | to <the> me | |
| כִּ֥י | ki | that | H3588 → |
| תָב֖וֹא | ta.Vo' | you will come | H935 → |
| אֵלָֽי׃ | 'e.Lai | into me | H413 → |
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