Genesis 37:14 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.”

Genesis 37:14 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 37:1418 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

לוֹlwōTo

לֶךְleḵəWalk

נָאnāʾ'I pray'

רְאֵהrəʾēhSee

אֶתʾet—

שְׁלוֹםšəlwōmSafe

אַחֶיךָʾaḥeyḵāBrother

וְאֶתwəʾet—

שְׁלוֹםšəlwōmSafe

הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock

וַהֲשִׁבֵנִיwahăšivēnîAnd turn

דָּבָרdāvārWord

וַיִּשְׁלָחֵהוּwayišəlāḥēhûAnd send

מֵעֵמֶקmēʿēmeqFrom vale

חֶבְרוֹןḥevərwōnChebron

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go

שְׁכֶמָהšəḵemāhShekem

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

לוֹlwōTo

לֶךְleḵəWalk

נָאnāʾ'I pray'

רְאֵהrəʾēhSee

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שְׁלוֹםšəlwōmSafe

אַחֶיךָʾaḥeyḵāBrother

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שְׁלוֹםšəlwōmSafe

הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock

וַהֲשִׁבֵנִיwahăšivēnîAnd turn

דָּבָרdāvārWord

וַיִּשְׁלָחֵהוּwayišəlāḥēhûAnd send

מֵעֵמֶקmēʿēmeqFrom vale

חֶבְרוֹןḥevərwōnChebron

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go

שְׁכֶמָהšəḵemāhShekem

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