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Genesis 37:32 — King James Version← Study notes

And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no.


Genesis 37:32Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 37:3217 words
וַיְשַׁלְּחוּwayəšaləḥûAnd send
אֶתʾet
כְּתֹנֶתkətōnetShirt
הַפַּסִּיםhapasîmThe long and sleeved tunic
וַיָּבִיאוּwayāvîʾûAnd go
אֶלʾelNear
אֲבִיהֶםʾăvîhemFather
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
זֹאתzōʾtThis
מָצָאנוּmāṣāʾnûCome
הַכֶּרhakerScrutinize
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
הַכְּתֹנֶתhakətōnetShirt
בִּנְךָbinəḵāSon
הִואhiwʾHe
אִםʾimLo!
לֹאlōʾNot
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְשַׁלְּחוּwayəšaləḥûAnd send
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
כְּתֹנֶתkətōnetShirt
הַפַּסִּיםhapasîmThe long and sleeved tunic
וַיָּבִיאוּwayāvîʾûAnd go
אֶלʾelNear
אֲבִיהֶםʾăvîhemFather
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
זֹאתzōʾtThis
מָצָאנוּmāṣāʾnûCome
הַכֶּרhakerScrutinize
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
הַכְּתֹנֶתhakətōnetShirt
בִּנְךָbinəḵāSon
הִואhiwʾHe
אִםʾimLo!
לֹאlōʾNot

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