Genesis 42:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.”

Genesis 42:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 42:215 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

הִנֵּהhinēhLo!

שָׁמַעְתִּיšāmaʿətîHear

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יֶשׁyešIs

שֶׁבֶרševerGrain

בְּמִצְרָיִםbəmiṣərāyimIn Mitsrajim

רְדוּrədûDescend

שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere

וְשִׁבְרוּwəšivərûAnd deal

לָנוּlānûTo

מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there

וְנִחְיֶהwəniḥəyehAnd live

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

נָמוּתnāmûtDie

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

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