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Genesis 42:21 — King James Version← Study notes

And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.


Genesis 42:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 42:2123 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּאמְר֞וּwayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אִ֣ישׁʾiyš
eachnounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אָחִ֗י/וʾāḥiyw
brother hisnounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
אֲבָל֮ʾăbāl
indeedadvH61
indeed · nevertheless · verily
אֲשֵׁמִ֣יםʾăšēmiym
are guiltyadjH818
guilty
אֲנַחְנוּ֮ʾănaḥənw
weprepH587
us · we
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אָחִי/נוּ֒ʾāḥiynw
brother ournounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer
whoparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
רָאִ֜ינוּrāʾiynw
we sawverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
צָרַ֥תṣārat
the distress ofnounH6869
adversity · affliction · anguish · distress ···
נַפְשׁ֛/וֹnapəšwō
self hisnounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
בְּ/הִתְחַֽנְנ֥/וֹbəhitəḥanənwō
when sought favor hepronH2603
fair · (be · find · shew) favour ···
אֵלֵ֖י/נוּʾēlēynw
to uspronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
שָׁמָ֑עְנוּšāmāʿənw
we listenedverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
עַלʿal
there-pronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כֵּן֙kēn
-foreparticleH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
בָּ֣אָהbāʾāh
it has comeverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֵלֵ֔י/נוּʾēlēynw
to uspronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/צָּרָ֖הhaṣārāh
the distressparticleH6869
adversity · affliction · anguish · distress ···
הַ/זֹּֽאתhazōʾt
thisparticleH2063
-with) · it · likewise · the one (other ···
Words 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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Michael van BergNote2mo ago
We Are Guilty Concerning Our Brother
As Joseph tests his brothers by holding one of them as hostage, they say to each other: we're guilty for what we did to Joseph. They haven't forgotten. They've carried this guilt for years. Remorse d...
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