Genesis
Genesis 24:23
23“Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whose | מִ֣י | mî | Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| daughter | בַּת־ | baṯ- | Noun - feminine singular construct | H1323 daughter |
| are you | אַ֔תְּ | ’at | Pronoun - second person feminine singular | H859 thou |
| he asked | וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Please | נָ֖א | nā | Interjection | H4994 I (we) pray, now |
| tell | הַגִּ֥ידִי | hag·gî·ḏî | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular | H5046 be conspicuous |
| me | לִ֑י | lî | Preposition; first person common singular | |
| is there | הֲיֵ֧שׁ | hă·yêš | Adverb | H3426 being, substance, existence |
| room | מָק֥וֹם | mā·qō·wm | Noun - masculine singular | H4725 standing, spot, condition |
| in your father’s | אָבִ֛יךְ | ’ā·ḇîḵ | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H1 father |
| house | בֵּית־ | bêṯ- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1004 house |
| for us | לָ֖נוּ | lā·nū | Preposition; first person common plural | |
| to spend the night | לָלִֽין׃ | lā·lîn | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H3885 lodge, pass the night |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.