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Genesis 19:34

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← Genesis 19:33	Genesis 19:34 (KJV)	Genesis 19:35 →
And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.	And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, [and] lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.	And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And it came to pass on the morrow^H4283, that the firstborn^H1067 said^H559 unto the younger^H6810, Behold, I lay^H7901 yesternight^H570 with my father^H1: let us make him drink^H8248 wine^H3196 this night^H3915 also; and go thou in^H935, and lie^H7901 with him, that we may preserve^H2421 seed^H2233 of our father^H1.

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Original Hebrew

וַיְהִי מִמָּחֳרָת וַתֹּאמֶר הַבְּכִירָה אֶל־הַצְּעִירָה הֵן־שָׁכַבְתִּי אֶמֶשׁ אֶת־אָבִי נַשְׁקֶנּוּ יַיִן גַּם־הַלַּיְלָה וּבֹאִי שִׁכְבִי עִמֹּו וּנְחַיֶּה מֵאָבִינוּ זָרַע׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַֽ/יְהִי֙	va/y.Hi	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ it was
מִֽ/מָּחֳרָ֔ת	mi./mo.cho.Rat	H4283	HR/Ncfsa	from/ (the) next day
וַ/תֹּ֤אמֶר	va./To.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ she said
הַ/בְּכִירָה֙	ha./be.khi.Rah	H1067	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ firstborn
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
הַ/צְּעִירָ֔ה	ha./tze.'i.Rah	H6810	HTd/Aafsa	the/ young
הֵן	hen-	H2005	HTm	here!
שָׁכַ֥בְתִּי	sha.Khav.ti	H7901	HVqp1cs	I lay with
אֶ֖מֶשׁ	'E.mesh	H570	HD	last night
אֶת	'et-	H854	HR	(obj.)
אָבִ֑/י	'a.V/i	H1	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	father/ my
נַשְׁקֶ֨/נּוּ	nash.Ke./nu	H8248	HVhh1cp/Sp3ms	let us make drink/ him
יַ֜יִן	Ya.yin	H3196	HNcmsa	wine
גַּם	gam-	H1571	HTa	also
הַ/לַּ֗יְלָה	ha./Lay.lah	H3915	HTd/Ncmsa	this/ night
וּ/בֹ֨אִי֙	u./Vo.'i	H935	HC/Vqv2fs	and/ go
שִׁכְבִ֣י	shikh.Vi	H7901	HVqv2fs	lie
עִמּ֔/וֹ	i.M/o	H5973	HR/Sp3ms	with/ him
וּ/נְחַיֶּ֥ה	u./ne.chai.Yeh	H2421	HC/Vpi1cp	so/ we may preserve alive
מֵ/אָבִ֖י/נוּ	me./'a.Vi./nu	H1	HR/Ncmsc/Sp1cp	from/ father of/ our
זָֽרַע	Za.ra'	H2233	HNcmsa	spring

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H570 — אֶמֶשׁ (ʼemesh, eh'-mesh): time past, i.e.; yesterday or last night; former time, yesterday(-night)
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H1067 — בְּכִירָה (bᵉkîyrâh, bek-ee-raw'): xlit bekîyrâh corrected to bᵉkîyrâh; feminine from בָּכַר; the eldest daughter; firstborn.
• H2233 — זֶרַע (zeraʻ, zeh'-rah): from זָרַע; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity; [idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.
• H2421 — חָיָה (châyâh, khaw-yaw'): a primitive root (compare חָוָה, חָיָה); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive; keep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.
• H3196 — יַיִן (yayin, yah'-yin): from an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication; banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
• H3915 — לַיִל (layil, lah'-yil): or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל; also לַיְלָה; from the same as לוּל; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity; (mid-)night (season).
• H4283 — מׇחֳרָת (mochŏrâth, mokh-or-awth'): or מׇחֳרָתָם; (1 Samuel 30:17), feminine from the same as מָחָר; the morrow or (adverbially) tomorrow; morrow, next day.
• H6810 — צָעִיר (tsâʻîyr, tsaw-eer'): or צָעוֹר; from צָעַר; little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble; least, little (one), small (one), [phrase] young(-er, -est).
• H7901 — שָׁכַב (shâkab, shaw-kab'): a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose); [idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
• H8248 — שָׁקָה (shâqâh, shaw-kaw'): a primitive root; to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish apotion to; cause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See שָׁכַר, שָׁתָה.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H854 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): probably from אָנָה; properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.; against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.
• H1571 — גַּם (gam, gam): by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and; again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H2005 — הֵן (hên, hane): a primitive particle; lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if; behold, if, lo, though.
• H5973 — עִם (ʻim, eem): from עָמַם; adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English); accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).

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