Genesis 42:13 — King James Version← Study notes
“And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.”
Genesis 42:13 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 42:1318 words
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
שְׁנֵיםšənêmTwo
עָשָׂרʿāśārTen
עֲבָדֶיךָʿăvādeyḵāServant
אַחִיםʾaḥîmBrother
אֲנַחְנוּʾănaḥənûWe
בְּנֵיbənêSon
אִישׁʾîšMan
אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
כְּנָעַןkənāʿanKenaan
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
הַקָּטֹןhaqāṭōnThe abbreviated
אֶתʾetNearness
אָבִינוּʾāvînûFather
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
וְהָאֶחָדwəhāʾeḥādAnd the united
אֵינֶנּוּʾênenûNonentity
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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