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Genesis 37:16 — King James Version← Study notes

And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.


Genesis 37:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 37:1611 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֶתʾet
אַחַיʾaḥayBrother
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
מְבַקֵּשׁməvaqēšSearch
הַגִּידָהhagîdāhFront
נָּאnāʾ'I pray'
לִיTo
אֵיפֹהʾêp̄ōhWhat place?
הֵםhēmThey
רֹעִיםrōʿîmTend
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אַחַיʾaḥayBrother
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
מְבַקֵּשׁməvaqēšSearch
הַגִּידָהhagîdāhFront
נָּאnāʾ'I pray'
לִיTo
אֵיפֹהʾêp̄ōhWhat place?
הֵםhēmThey
רֹעִיםrōʿîmTend

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