Genesis 37:22 — King James Version← Study notes
“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
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
רְאוּבֵןrəʾûvēnReuben
אַלʾalNot
תִּשְׁפְּכוּtišəpəḵûSpill forth
דָםdāmBlood
הַשְׁלִיכוּhašəlîḵûThrow
אֹתוֹʾōtwō—
אֶלʾelNear
הַבּוֹרhabwōrThe hole
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture
וְיָדwəyādAnd hand
אַלʾalNot
תִּשְׁלְחוּtišələḥûSend
בוֹvwōIn
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
הַצִּילhaṣîlSnatch
אֹתוֹʾōtwō—
מִיָּדָםmîdāmFrom hand
לַהֲשִׁיבוֹlahăšîvwōTo turn
אֶלʾelNear
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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