Genesis 37:28 — King James Version← Study notes

“Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.”

Genesis 37:28 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 37:2820 words

וַיַּעַבְרוּwayaʿavərûAnd cross

אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan

מִדְיָנִיםmidəyānîmMidjanite

סֹחֲרִיםsōḥărîmTravel round

וַיִּמְשְׁכוּwayiməšəḵûAnd draw

וַיַּעֲלוּwayaʿălûAnd ascend

אֶתʾet—

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

מִןminPart

הַבּוֹרhabwōrThe hole

וַיִּמְכְּרוּwayiməkərûAnd sell

אֶתʾet—

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִיםlayišəməʿēʾlîmTo Jishmaelite

בְּעֶשְׂרִיםbəʿeśərîmIn twenty

כָּסֶףkāsep̄Silver

וַיָּבִיאוּwayāvîʾûAnd go

אֶתʾet—

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

מִצְרָיְמָהmiṣərāyəmāhMitsrajim

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּעַבְרוּwayaʿavərûAnd cross

אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan

מִדְיָנִיםmidəyānîmMidjanite

סֹחֲרִיםsōḥărîmTravel round

וַיִּמְשְׁכוּwayiməšəḵûAnd draw

וַיַּעֲלוּwayaʿălûAnd ascend

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

מִןminPart

הַבּוֹרhabwōrThe hole

וַיִּמְכְּרוּwayiməkərûAnd sell

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִיםlayišəməʿēʾlîmTo Jishmaelite

בְּעֶשְׂרִיםbəʿeśərîmIn twenty

כָּסֶףkāsep̄Silver

וַיָּבִיאוּwayāvîʾûAnd go

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

מִצְרָיְמָהmiṣərāyəmāhMitsrajim

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