Genesis

Genesis 24:43

⁴³Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Here	הִנֵּ֛ה	hin·nêh	Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
I am	אָנֹכִ֥י	’ā·nō·ḵî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
standing	נִצָּ֖ב	niṣ·ṣāḇ	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H5324 take one's stand, stand
beside	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
this spring	עֵ֣ין	‘ên	Noun - common singular construct	H5869 eye
Now	וְהָיָ֤ה	wə·hā·yāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
a maiden	הָֽעַלְמָה֙	hā·‘al·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5959 young woman
comes out	הַיֹּצֵ֣את	hay·yō·ṣêṯ	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular	H3318 go or come out
to draw water	לִשְׁאֹ֔ב	liš·’ōḇ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7579 draw
and I say	וְאָמַרְתִּ֣י	wə·’ā·mar·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
to her	אֵלֶ֔יהָ	’ê·le·hā	Preposition; third person feminine singular	H413 motion to
Please	נָ֥א	nā	Interjection	H4994 I (we) pray, now
let me drink	הַשְׁקִֽינִי־	haš·qî·nî-	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular; first person common singular	H8248 quaff, irrigate, furnish a potion to
a little	מְעַט־	mə·‘aṭ-	Adjective - masculine singular construct	H4592 a little, fewness, a few
water	מַ֖יִם	ma·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine
from your jar	מִכַּדֵּֽךְ׃	mik·kad·dêḵ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular	H3537 jar

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Genesis 24:13–14

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.