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Genesis 39:8
“But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3985 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to refuse
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- refuse, [idiom] utterly.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יְמָאֵ֓ן — verb Piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 41 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 37:35Genesis 48:19Exodus 4:23Exodus 7:14Exodus 10:3
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מָאֵן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.