Genesis 37:31
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
יוֹסֵף
Yôwçêph
Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
שָׁחַט
shâchaṭ
to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)
שָׂעִיר
sâʻîyr
shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun
עֵז
ʻêz
a she-goat (as strong), but masculine in plural (which also is used elliptically for goat's hair)
דָּם
dâm
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe...
Key Terms in This Verse
עֵז ʻêz
a she-goat (as strong), but masculine in plural (which also is used elliptically for goat's hair)
Study H5795 →דָּם dâm
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
Study H1818 →Cross References
And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
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