Genesis 42:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?”

Genesis 42:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 42:111 words

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יֶשׁyešIs

שֶׁבֶרševerGrain

בְּמִצְרָיִםbəmiṣərāyimIn Mitsrajim

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

לְבָנָיוləvānāywTo son

לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?

תִּתְרָאוּtitərāʾûSee

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יֶשׁyešIs

שֶׁבֶרševerGrain

בְּמִצְרָיִםbəmiṣərāyimIn Mitsrajim

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

לְבָנָיוləvānāywTo son

לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?

תִּתְרָאוּtitərāʾûSee

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