“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
HebrewMeaning
שִׁלְח֨וּšiləḥw
sendverbH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
מִ/כֶּ֣םmikem
abovepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
אֶחָד֮ʾeḥād
oneadjH259
alike · alone · altogether · and ···
וְ/יִקַּ֣חwəyiqaḥ
so he may fetchconjH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֲחִי/כֶם֒ʾăḥiykem
brother yournounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
וְ/אַתֶּם֙wəʾatem
and youconjH859
thou · ye · you
הֵאָ֣סְר֔וּhēʾāsərw
be imprisonedverbH631
fast · gird · harness · hold ···
וְ/יִבָּֽחֲנוּ֙wəyibāḥănw
so they may be testedconjH974
prove · tempt · try
דִּבְרֵי/כֶ֔םdibərēykem
words yournounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הַֽ/אֱמֶ֖תhaʾĕmet
¿ is truthparticleH571
establishment · faithful · right · sure ···
אִתְּ/כֶ֑םʾitəkem
with youpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
וְ/אִםwəʾim
and ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
לֹ֕אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
חֵ֣יḥēy
by the life ofadjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
פַרְעֹ֔הparəʿōh
PharaohnounH6547
כִּ֥יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מְרַגְּלִ֖יםməragəliym
are spiesverbH7270
search · slander · spy · teach to go ···
אַתֶּֽםʾatem
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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