Genesis 38:28 Hebrew Word Analysis

0וַיְהִ֥יh1961
5And it came to pass when she travailedהַמְיַלֶּ֗דֶתh3205
2that the one put outוַיִּתֶּןh5414
8his handיָד֤וֹh3027
4tookוַתִּקַּ֣חh3947
5And it came to pass when she travailedהַמְיַלֶּ֗דֶתh3205
6and boundוַתִּקְשֹׁ֨רh7194
7עַלh5921
8his handיָד֤וֹh3027
9a scarlet threadשָׁנִי֙h8144
10sayingלֵאמֹ֔רh559
11זֶ֖הh2088
12This came outיָצָ֥אh3318
13firstרִֽאשֹׁנָֽה׃h7223

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And it came to pass, when she travailed, that one put out a hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And while she was in the act of giving birth, one of them put out his hand; and the woman who was with her put a red thread round his hand, saying, This one came out first.

Darby English Bible (DBY)

And it came to pass when she brought forth, that one stretched out [his] hand, and the midwife took it and bound round his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.

Webster's Bible (WBT)

And it came to pass when she travailed, that the one put out his hand; and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.

World English Bible (WEB)

It happened, when she travailed, that one put out a hand: and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, "This came out first."

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

and it cometh to pass in her bearing, that `one' giveth out a hand, and the midwife taketh and bindeth on his hand a scarlet thread, saying, `This hath come out first.'