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 37:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 37:2014 words

וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time

לְכוּləḵûWalk

וְנַהַרְגֵהוּwənaharəgēhûAnd smite

וְנַשְׁלִכֵהוּwənašəliḵēhûAnd throw

בְּאַחַדbəʾaḥadIn united

הַבֹּרוֹתhabōrwōtThe hole

וְאָמַרְנוּwəʾāmarənûAnd say

חַיָּהḥayāhAlive

רָעָהrāʿāhBad

אֲכָלָתְהוּʾăḵālātəhûEat

וְנִרְאֶהwənirəʾehAnd see

מַהmahWhat?

יִּהְיוּyihəyûExist

חֲלֹמֹתָיוḥălōmōtāywDream

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

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