“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
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הִנֵּ֣הhinēh
here!particleH2009
lo · see
שָׁמַ֔עְתִּיšāmaʿətiy
I have heardverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
כִּ֥יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יֶשׁyeš
thereparticleH3426
(he · it · shall · there ···
שֶׁ֖בֶרšeber
is grainnounH7668
victuals
בְּ/מִצְרָ֑יִםbəmiṣərāyim
in EgyptpronH4714
Egyptians · Mizraim
רְדוּrədw
go downverbH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
שָׁ֨מָּ/ה֙šāmāh
there towardsadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
וְ/שִׁבְרוּwəšibərw
and buy grainconjH7666
sell
לָ֣/נוּlānw
pron
מִ/שָּׁ֔םmišām
from therepronH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
וְ/נִחְיֶ֖הwəniḥəyeh
so we may liveconjH2421
make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···
וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
נָמֽוּתnāmwt
we will dieverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
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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