Genesis 24:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”

Young's Literal Translation
And the servant runneth to meet her, and saith, ‘Let me swallow, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher;’

King James Bible
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.

Hebrew
So the servant
הָעֶ֖בֶד (hā·‘e·ḇeḏ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

ran
וַיָּ֥רָץ (way·yā·rāṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7323: To run

to meet her
לִקְרָאתָ֑הּ (liq·rā·ṯāh)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7125: Against he come, help, meet, seek, to, in the way

and said,
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Please
נָ֛א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

let me have
הַגְמִיאִ֥ינִי (haḡ·mî·’î·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 1572: To swallow (liquids)

a little
מְעַט־ (mə·‘aṭ-)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4592: A little, fewness, a few

water
מַ֖יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

from your jar.”
מִכַּדֵּֽךְ׃ (mik·kad·dêḵ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 3537: A pail, earthenware, a jar

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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