Genesis 37:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.”

Genesis 37:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 37:414 words

וַיִּרְאוּwayirəʾûAnd see

אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

אָהַבʾāhavHave affection

אֲבִיהֶםʾăvîhemFather

מִכָּלmikālFrom whole

אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother

וַיִּשְׂנְאוּwayiśənəʾûAnd hate

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יָכְלוּyāḵəlûBe able

דַּבְּרוֹdabərwōArrange

לְשָׁלֹםləšālōmTo safe

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּרְאוּwayirəʾûAnd see

אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

אָהַבʾāhavHave affection

אֲבִיהֶםʾăvîhemFather

מִכָּלmikālFrom whole

אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother

וַיִּשְׂנְאוּwayiśənəʾûAnd hate

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יָכְלוּyāḵəlûBe able

דַּבְּרוֹdabərwōArrange

לְשָׁלֹםləšālōmTo safe

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