Genesis 38:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.

Young's Literal Translation
and he turneth aside unto her by the way, and saith, ‘Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee,’ (for he hath not known that she [is] his daughter-in-law); and she saith, ‘What dost thou give to me, that thou mayest come in unto me?’

King James Bible
And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she [was] his daughter in law. ) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?

Hebrew
Not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

realizing
יָדַ֔ע (yā·ḏa‘)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

that
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

she
הִ֑וא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

was his daughter-in-law,
כַלָּת֖וֹ (ḵal·lā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3618: Daughter-in-law, bride

he went over
וַיֵּ֨ט (way·yêṭ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

to
אֵלֶ֜יהָ (’ê·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

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

“Come
הָֽבָה־ (hā·ḇāh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3051: To give, to put, imperatively, come

now,
נָּא֙ (nā)
Interjection
Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

let me sleep with
אָב֣וֹא (’ā·ḇō·w)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

you.”
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

“What
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

will you give
תִּתֶּן־ (tit·ten-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

me for
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

sleeping with
תָב֖וֹא (ṯā·ḇō·w)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

you?”
אֵלַ֔יִךְ (’ê·la·yiḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

she asked.
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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