“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
HebrewMeaning
לְכ֞וּləkw
awayverbH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
וְ/נִמְכְּרֶ֣/נּוּwəniməkərenw
and let us sell himconjH4376
at all · -er · self)
לַ/יִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֗יםlayišəməʿēʾliym
to the IshmaelitespronH3459
וְ/יָדֵ֨/נוּ֙wəyādēnw
and hand ourconjH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תְּהִיtəhiy
it beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
ב֔/וֹbwō
pron
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אָחִ֥י/נוּʾāḥiynw
is brother ournounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
בְשָׂרֵ֖/נוּbəśārēnw
flesh ournounH1320
(fat · lean) flesh · kin · kind ···
ה֑וּאhwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
וַֽ/יִּשְׁמְע֖וּwayišəməʿw
and they listenedconjH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
אֶחָֽי/וʾeḥāyw
brothers hisnounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
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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