Genesis 37:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.”

Genesis 37:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 37:1715 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man

נָסְעוּnāsəʿûPull

מִזֶּהmizehFrom this

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

שָׁמַעְתִּיšāmaʿətîHear

אֹמְרִיםʾōmərîmSay

נֵלְכָהnēləḵāhWalk

דֹּתָיְנָהdōtāyənāhDothan

וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

אַחַרʾaḥarThe hind part

אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother

וַיִּמְצָאֵםwayiməṣāʾēmAnd come

בְּדֹתָןbədōtānIn Dothan

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

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