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Genesis 37:20 — King James Version← Study notes

Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.


Genesis 37:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 37:2014 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/עַתָּ֣הwəʿatāh
and nowconjH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
לְכ֣וּləkw
awayverbH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
וְ/נַֽהַרְגֵ֗/הוּwənaharəgēhw
and let us kill himconjH2026
out of hand · kill · murder · put to ···
וְ/נַשְׁלִכֵ֨/הוּ֙wənašəlikēhw
and let us throw himconjH7993
cast (away · down · forth · off ···
בְּ/אַחַ֣דbəʾaḥad
in one ofpronH259
alike · alone · altogether · and ···
הַ/בֹּר֔וֹתhabōrwōt
the pitsparticleH953
dungeon · fountain · pit · well
וְ/אָמַ֕רְנוּwəʾāmarənw
and we will sayconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
חַיָּ֥הḥayāh
an animalnounH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
רָעָ֖הrāʿāh
wildadjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
אֲכָלָ֑תְ/הוּʾăkālātəhw
it has eaten himverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
וְ/נִרְאֶ֕הwənirəʾeh
and we may seeconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
מַהmah
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
יִּהְי֖וּyihəyw
will beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
חֲלֹמֹתָֽי/וḥălōmōtāyw
dreams hisnounH2472
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Carlos RiveraNote2mo ago
Let Us Kill Him and Cast Him Into a Pit
Joseph's brothers plan his murder casually - 'let us kill him.' They're enraged by his dreams and his favored status. They want him dead. I work with youth offenders, and I see how quickly violence c...
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