Genesis 37:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּ֨קָּחֻ֔הוּ וַיַּשְׁלִ֥כוּ אֹת֖וֹ הַבֹּ֑רָה וְהַבּ֣וֹר רֵ֔ק אֵ֥ין בּ֖וֹ מָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

And wə-yiqqāḥuhû and wə-yašliḵû ʾōṯô ha-bbōrâ; and the wə-ha-bbôr was rēq, ʾên in it māyim

Grammar Details

• *wə-yiqqāḥuhû*: waw-consecutive with imperfect 3rd masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'and they took him'
• *wə-yašliḵû*: waw-consecutive with hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural - 'and they threw'
• *ha-bbōrâ*: definite article with noun, masculine singular with directional heh - 'into the pit'
• *wə-ha-bbôr*: conjunction with definite article and noun, masculine singular - 'and the pit'
• *rēq*: adjective, masculine singular - 'empty'
• *ʾên*: particle of negation - 'there was not'
• *māyim*: noun, masculine plural - 'water'

Word Meanings

• *bôr*: pit/cistern/well

Referenced Verses

• Jer 38:6 : 6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
• Lam 3:52-55 : 52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. 53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. 54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off. 55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
• Lam 4:20 : 20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
• Zech 9:11 : 11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
• Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged{H8804)} for my soul.
• Ps 40:2 : 2 He brought me up{H8686)} also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set{H8686)} my feet upon a rock, and established{H8790)} my goings.
• Ps 88:6 : 6 Thou hast laid{H8804)} me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
• Ps 88:8 : 8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance{H8794)} far{H8689)} from me; thou hast made{H8804)} me an abomination unto them: I am shut up{H8803)}, and I cannot come forth{H8799)}.
• Ps 130:1-2 : 1 A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. 2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.