Genesis 39:7–10

In its context

Its words in the original

• יְהִיyehi· be, become, happen

  Be, exist; also "become" or "happen". It is the verb of "there was", "it was" and "it came to pass".

• דְּבָרִיםdevarim· word, matter, thing

  Word; what is said. Also "matter" or "thing": what is spoken about, an affair, an event.

• תִּשָּׂאtisa· lift, carry, bear

  Lift up, carry, bear. "Bear sin" is to suffer its consequences; said of God, "taking away" sin is forgiving it. "Lift up the eyes" is to look.

• אֵשֶׁתeshet· woman, wife

  Woman; with a possessive ("his woman"), wife. In Hebrew it is "ishah", which sounds like "ish", man.

• אֲדֹנָיadonay· lord, master

  Lord: one who has authority over another (an owner, a husband, a superior). It is also a polite form, "my lord". Said of God, "the Lord".

• עֵינֶיene· eye

  Eye. "In someone's eyes" means "in his opinion"; "find favor in the eyes of" is to please him. Also a spring of water.

• יוֹסֵףyosef· Joseph

  Joseph, a name borne by several Israelites, above all the son of Jacob and Rachel, sold into Egypt, who became ruler there and saved his family; his sons Ephraim and Manasseh became tribes. The name means "may he add".

• תֹּאמֶרtomer· say

  Say, speak. The most common verb for bringing in what someone says; sometimes "think" (say to oneself) or "command".

• שִׁכְבָshichva· lie down

  Lie down: to sleep, or for sexual relations ("lie with"). "Lie down with one's fathers" is to die.

• יְמָאֵןyemaen· refuse

  Refuse, be unwilling.

• יָדַעyada· know

  Know. Not only having a fact: it is knowing by experience and closely; also recognize, care for, make known. So Hebrew also uses it for the intimate union of a man and his wife ("he knew his wife").

• בָּיִתbayit· house, household

  House. Also the family that lives in it ("the house of Noah") and someone's descendants ("the house of David"); also a temple, "the house of God".

• נָתַןnatan· give, put, set

  Give, in a very wide sense: hand over, put, place, grant, allow, make something be.

• יָדִyadi· hand, power

  Hand. Figuratively, power or control ("into the hand of" = into the power of); also side, part, or share. Also a projecting piece, such as a tenon.

• גָדוֹלgadol· great

  Great in size, number, age or importance; also "the elder" of two; "high priest" is "great priest".

• חָשַׂךְchasach· hold back

  Hold back, restrain, keep from; spare.

• מְאוּמָהmeuma· anything

  Something, anything; with "not", nothing.

• אֶעֱשֶׂהeese· do, make

  Do, make, in the widest sense: build, produce, carry out, keep (a command), prepare.

• רָעָהraa· evil, bad, harm

  Bad; evil. It includes what is morally wrong and also what does harm: misfortune, disaster, distress.

• חָטָאתִיchatati· sin

  Sin: miss the mark of what God asks, do wrong. In another form of the verb, "purify" from sin; also bear the loss.

• אלֹהִיםlohim· Elohim, God, gods

  The Hebrew word usually translated "God". This translation keeps "Elohim" when it speaks of the one true God, the Creator, the God of Israel. The word ends like a plural, but it does not mean several: for him the verb is singular ("Elohim created"); the plural form expresses greatness. The same word as a common noun names the "gods" of other peoples, and there it is a true plural, translated "gods". It is also used of mighty ones or judges.

• דַבְּרָdabra· speak

  Speak, talk, say; also promise or command.

• יוֹםyom· day

  Day: the hours of light, or a whole day from one evening to the next. Also an indefinite time or age ("in the day that...", "in those days").

• שָׁמַעshama· hear, listen, obey

  Hear, listen. In the Bible listening truly includes paying heed; so it often means "obey". In the causative form, make heard, proclaim.

• אֶצְלָetsla· beside

  Beside, next to.