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Genesis 37:35 — King James Version← Study notes

And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.


Genesis 37:35Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 37:3518 words
וַיָּקֻמוּwayāqumûAnd rise
כָלḵālWhole
בָּנָיוbānāywSon
וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
בְּנֹתָיוbənōtāywDaughter
לְנַחֲמוֹlənaḥămwōTo sigh
וַיְמָאֵןwayəmāʾēnAnd refuse
לְהִתְנַחֵםləhitənaḥēmTo sigh
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
כִּיRelative conjunction
אֵרֵדʾērēdDescend
אֶלʾelNear
בְּנִיbənîSon
אָבֵלʾāvēlLamenting
שְׁאֹלָהšəʾōlāhHades
וַיֵּבְךְּwayēvəkəAnd weep
אֹתוֹʾōtwō
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּקֻמוּwayāqumûAnd rise
כָלḵālWhole
בָּנָיוbānāywSon
וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
בְּנֹתָיוbənōtāywDaughter
לְנַחֲמוֹlənaḥămwōTo sigh
וַיְמָאֵןwayəmāʾēnAnd refuse
לְהִתְנַחֵםləhitənaḥēmTo sigh
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
כִּיRelative conjunction
אֵרֵדʾērēdDescend
אֶלʾelNear
בְּנִיbənîSon
אָבֵלʾāvēlLamenting
שְׁאֹלָהšəʾōlāhHades
וַיֵּבְךְּwayēvəkəAnd weep
אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather

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