Genesis 37:27 — King James Version← Study notes

“Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.”

Genesis 37:27 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 37:2713 words

לְכוּləḵûWalk

וְנִמְכְּרֶנּוּwəniməkərenûAnd sell

לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִיםlayišəməʿēʾlîmTo Jishmaelite

וְיָדֵנוּwəyādēnûAnd hand

אַלʾalNot

תְּהִיtəhîExist

בוֹvwōIn

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אָחִינוּʾāḥînûBrother

בְשָׂרֵנוּvəśārēnûFlesh

הוּאhûʾHe

וַיִּשְׁמְעוּwayišəməʿûAnd hear

אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother

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

Word-by-word meanings

לְכוּləḵûWalk

וְנִמְכְּרֶנּוּwəniməkərenûAnd sell

לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִיםlayišəməʿēʾlîmTo Jishmaelite

וְיָדֵנוּwəyādēnûAnd hand

אַלʾalNot

תְּהִיtəhîExist

בוֹvwōIn

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אָחִינוּʾāḥînûBrother

בְשָׂרֵנוּvəśārēnûFlesh

הוּאhûʾHe

וַיִּשְׁמְעוּwayišəməʿûAnd hear

אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother

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