Verse 39

{ "verseID": "Genesis.24.39", "source": "וָאֹמַ֖ר אֶל־אֲדֹנִ֑י אֻלַ֛י לֹא־תֵלֵ֥ךְ הָאִשָּׁ֖ה אַחֲרָֽי׃", "text": "And-*wāʾōmar* to-my-*ʾăḏōnî* [master]: *ʾûlay* not-*ṯēlēḵ* the-*hāʾiššāh* *ʾaḥărāy*.", "grammar": { "*wāʾōmar*": "Qal imperfect consecutive, 1st person singular - 'and I said'", "*ʾăḏōnî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - 'my master'", "*ʾûlay*": "adverb - 'perhaps'", "*ṯēlēḵ*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - 'she will go'", "*hāʾiššāh*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - 'the woman'", "*ʾaḥărāy*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - 'after me'" }, "variants": { "*wāʾōmar*": "and I said, and I spoke", "*ʾûlay*": "perhaps, maybe, perchance", "*ṯēlēḵ*": "she will go, she would go", "*hāʾiššāh*": "the woman, the wife", "*ʾaḥărāy*": "after me, following me, with me" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 24:5 : 5 { "verseID": "Genesis.24.5", "source": "וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ הָעֶ֔בֶד אוּלַי֙ לֹא־תֹאבֶ֣ה הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה לָלֶ֥כֶת אַחֲרַ֖י אֶל־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֑את הֶֽהָשֵׁ֤ב אָשִׁיב֙ אֶת־בִּנְךָ֔ אֶל־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יָצָ֥אתָ מִשָּֽׁם׃", "text": "*wayyōʾmer* *ʾēlāyw* *hāʿeḇeḏ* *ʾûlay* *lōʾ-ṯōʾḇeh* *hāʾiššāh* *lāleḵeṯ* *ʾaḥăray* *ʾel-hāʾāreṣ* *hazzōʾṯ* *hehāšēḇ* *ʾāšîḇ* *ʾeṯ-binḵā* *ʾel-hāʾāreṣ* *ʾăšer-yāṣāʾṯā* *miššām*", "grammar": { "*wayyōʾmer*": "Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he said", "*ʾēlāyw*": "preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him", "*hāʿeḇeḏ*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the servant", "*ʾûlay*": "adverb - perhaps", "*lōʾ-ṯōʾḇeh*": "negative particle + Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - will not consent", "*hāʾiššāh*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the woman", "*lāleḵeṯ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to go", "*ʾaḥăray*": "preposition with 1st singular suffix - after me", "*ʾel-*": "preposition - to", "*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land", "*hazzōʾṯ*": "definite article + demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this", "*hehāšēḇ*": "definite article + Hiphil infinitive absolute - returning", "*ʾāšîḇ*": "Hiphil imperfect, 1st singular - I should return", "*ʾeṯ-*": "direct object marker", "*binḵā*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your son", "*ʾel-*": "preposition - to", "*ʾăšer-yāṣāʾṯā*": "relative particle + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - from which you came out", "*miššām*": "preposition + adverb - from there" }, "variants": { "*ʾûlay* *lōʾ-ṯōʾḇeh*": "perhaps she will not be willing/what if she refuses", "*hehāšēḇ* *ʾāšîḇ*": "should I indeed return/must I return (emphatic construction)" } }