Genesis 42:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.”

Genesis 42:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 42:1619 words

שִׁלְחוּšiləḥûSend

מִכֶּםmikemFrom part

אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited

וְיִקַּחwəyiqaḥAnd take

אֶתʾet—

אֲחִיכֶםʾăḥîḵemBrother

וְאַתֶּםwəʾatemAnd thou

הֵאָסְרוּhēʾāsərûYoke

וְיִבָּחֲנוּwəyibāḥănûAnd test

דִּבְרֵיכֶםdivərêḵemWord

הַאֱמֶתhaʾĕmetStability

אִתְּכֶםʾitəḵemNearness

וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!

לֹאlōʾNot

חֵיḥêAlive

פַרְעֹהp̄arəʿōhParoh

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

מְרַגְּלִיםməragəlîmWalk along

אַתֶּםʾatemThou

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

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