Genesis

Genesis 39:7

⁷and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and	וַיְהִ֗י	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
after some time	אַחַר֙	’a·ḥar	Adverb	H310 behind
his master’s	אֲדֹנָ֛יו	’ă·ḏō·nāw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H113 lord
wife	אֵֽשֶׁת־	’ê·šeṯ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H802 woman, wife, female
cast	וַתִּשָּׂ֧א	wat·tiś·śā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H5375 lift, take, carry
her eyes	עֵינֶ֖יהָ	‘ê·ne·hā	Noun - cdc; third person feminine singular	H5869 eye
upon	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Joseph	יוֹסֵ֑ף	yō·w·sêp̄	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3130 Joseph
and said	וַתֹּ֖אמֶר	wat·tō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H559 utter, say
Sleep	שִׁכְבָ֥ה	šiḵ·ḇāh	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H7901 lie down
with me	עִמִּֽי׃	‘im·mî	Preposition; first person common singular	H5973 with

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.