Genesis 24:55
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.”

Young's Literal Translation
and her brother saith—her mother also—‘Let the young person abide with us a week or ten days, afterwards doth she go.’

King James Bible
And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us [a few] days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.

Hebrew
But her brother
אָחִ֙יהָ֙ (’ā·ḥî·hā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 251: A brother, )

and mother
וְאִמָּ֔הּ (wə·’im·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 517: A mother, )

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

“Let the girl
הַנַּעֲרָ֥ (han·na·‘ă·rā)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5291: A girl, maiden

remain
תֵּשֵׁ֨ב (tê·šêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

with us
אִתָּ֛נוּ (’it·tā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

ten
עָשׂ֑וֹר (‘ā·śō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6218: Ten, by abbreviated form ten strings, a decachord

days
יָמִ֖ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day

or so.
א֣וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's 176: Desire, if

After that,
אַחַ֖ר (’a·ḥar)
Adverb
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

she may go.”
תֵּלֵֽךְ׃ (tê·lêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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