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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
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
אִישׁʾîšMan
אֶלʾelNear
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
אֲבָלʾăvālNay
אֲשֵׁמִיםʾăšēmîmGuilty
אֲנַחְנוּʾănaḥənûWe
עַלʿalAbove
אָחִינוּʾāḥînûBrother
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
רָאִינוּrāʾînûSee
צָרַתṣāratTightness
נַפְשׁוֹnap̄əšwōBreathing creature
בְּהִתְחַנְנוֹbəhitəḥanənwōIn bend
אֵלֵינוּʾēlênûNear
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
שָׁמָעְנוּšāmāʿənûHear
עַלʿalAbove
כֵּןkēnSet upright
בָּאָהbāʾāhGo
אֵלֵינוּʾēlênûNear
הַצָּרָהhaṣārāhThe tightness
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
אִישׁʾîšMan
אֶלʾelNear
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
אֲבָלʾăvālNay
אֲשֵׁמִיםʾăšēmîmGuilty
אֲנַחְנוּʾănaḥənûWe
עַלʿalAbove
אָחִינוּʾāḥînûBrother
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
רָאִינוּrāʾînûSee
צָרַתṣāratTightness
נַפְשׁוֹnap̄əšwōBreathing creature
בְּהִתְחַנְנוֹbəhitəḥanənwōIn bend
אֵלֵינוּʾēlênûNear
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
שָׁמָעְנוּšāmāʿənûHear
עַלʿalAbove
כֵּןkēnSet upright
בָּאָהbāʾāhGo
אֵלֵינוּʾēlênûNear
הַצָּרָהhaṣārāhThe tightness
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this

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