“And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.”
Genesis 37:22 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 37:2224 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֲלֵ/הֶ֣םʾălēhem
to thempronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
רְאוּבֵן֮rəʾwbēn
ReubennounH7205
אַלʾal
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תִּשְׁפְּכוּtišəpəkw
you shedverbH8210
gush out · pour · shed(-der · out) ···
דָם֒dām
bloodnounH1818
-guiltiness · innocent
הַשְׁלִ֣יכוּhašəliykw
throwverbH7993
cast (away · down · forth · off ···
אֹת֗/וֹʾōtwō
himparticleH853
אֶלʾel
intopronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/בּ֤וֹרhabwōr
the pitparticleH953
dungeon · fountain · pit · well
הַ/זֶּה֙hazeh
thisparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
בַּ/מִּדְבָּ֔רbamidəbār
is in the wildernesspronH4057
south · speech · wilderness
וְ/יָ֖דwəyād
and a handconjH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תִּשְׁלְחוּtišələḥw
you stretch outverbH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
ב֑/וֹbwō
pron
לְמַ֗עַןləmaʿan
so aspronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
הַצִּ֤ילhaṣiyl
to rescueverbH5337
at all · deliver · escape · without fail ···
אֹת/וֹ֙ʾōtwō
himparticleH853
מִ/יָּדָ֔/םmiyādām
from hand theirpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
לַ/הֲשִׁיב֖/וֹlahăšiybwō
to restore himpronH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אָבִֽי/וʾābiyw
father hisnounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
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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