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They said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Let us callנִקְרָאthe girlלַנַּעֲרָand askוְנִשְׁאֲלָהher.”אֶת פִּיהָ
Genesis 24:57
Study it in the app“They said, “Let us call the girl and ask her.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 24:57, word by word
- They saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- “Let us callנִקְרָאnikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “nikra” appears- the girlנַּעֲרָnaara
girl
An unmarried female of marrying age.
Where else “naara” appears- and askנִשְׁאֲלָהnishala
ask
To ask a question.
Where else “nishala” appears- herפִּיpi
command
Literally "the mouth": what someone says or decrees.
Where else “pi” appears
The context
56He said to them, “Do not delay me, since YHWH has made successful my journey. Send me away so that I may go to my lord.”
57 · This verse (above)
58They called Rebekah and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” She said, “I will go.”
To study Genesis 24 in a group
1. What it says
What did Abraham’s servant ask of YHWH by the well, and what did Rebekah do (vv. 12-20)?
2. What it means
What does it show about the servant’s prayer that he asks YHWH for guidance in his task (vv. 12-14, 26-27)?
3. How I live it
In what pending decision can you ask Elohim for guidance and pay attention to what happens?