Genesis 42:19 — King James Version← Study notes
“If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:”
Genesis 42:19 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 42:1914 words
אִםʾimLo!
כֵּנִיםkēnîmSet upright
אַתֶּםʾatemThou
אֲחִיכֶםʾăḥîḵemBrother
אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited
יֵאָסֵרyēʾāsērYoke
בְּבֵיתbəvêtIn a house
מִשְׁמַרְכֶםmišəmarəḵemGuard
וְאַתֶּםwəʾatemAnd thou
לְכוּləḵûWalk
הָבִיאוּhāvîʾûGo
שֶׁבֶרševerGrain
רַעֲבוֹןraʿăvwōnFamine
בָּתֵּיכֶםbātêḵemA house
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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