“And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.”
Genesis 37:21 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 37:218 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֣עwayišəmaʿ
and he heardconjH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
רְאוּבֵ֔ןrəʾwbēn
ReubennounH7205
וַ/יַּצִּלֵ֖/הוּwayaṣilēhw
and he rescued himconjH5337
at all · deliver · escape · without fail ···
מִ/יָּדָ֑/םmiyādām
from hand theirpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לֹ֥אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
נַכֶּ֖/נּוּnakenw
let us strike himverbH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
נָֽפֶשׁnāpeš
lifenounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
ℹWords 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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