Genesis 39:8
But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.
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ASV
But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master knoweth not what is with me in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand:
KJV
But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
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18 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְמָאֵ֓ן׀ | vay.ma.'En | and he refused | H3985 → |
| וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| אֵ֣שֶׁת | 'E.shet | [the] wife of | H802 → |
| אֲדֹנָ֔יו | 'a.do.Nav | master<s> his | H113 → |
| הֵ֣ן | hen | here! | H2005 → |
| אֲדֹנִ֔י | 'a.do.Ni | lord my | H113 → |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| יָדַ֥ע | ya.Da' | he knows | H3045 → |
| אִתִּ֖י | 'i.Ti | with me | H854 → |
| מַה־ | mah- | what? | H4100 → |
| בַּבָּ֑יִת | ba.Ba.yit | [is] in the house | H1004 → |
| וְכֹ֥ל | ve.Khol | and all | H3605 → |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | that | H834 → |
| יֶשׁ־ | yesh- | there | H3426 → |
| ל֖וֹ | lo | [belongs] to <the> him | |
| נָתַ֥ן | na.Tan | he has given | H5414 → |
| בְּיָדִֽי׃ | be.ya.Di | in hand my | H3027 → |
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