“And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.”
Genesis 42:22 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 42:2217 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּעַן֩wayaʿan
and he answeredconjH6030
afflict (by mistake for
רְאוּבֵ֨ןrəʾwbēn
ReubennounH7205
אֹתָ֜/םʾōtām
themparticleH853
לֵ/אמֹ֗רlēʾmōr
sayingpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הֲ/לוֹא֩hălwōʾ
¿ notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אָמַ֨רְתִּיʾāmarətiy
did I sayverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֲלֵי/כֶ֧םʾălēykem
to youpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
לֵ/אמֹ֛רlēʾmōr
sayingpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תֶּחֶטְא֥וּteḥeṭəʾw
you sinverbH2398
cleanse · commit · by fault · harm he hath done ···
בַ/יֶּ֖לֶדbayeled
against the boypronH3206
child · fruit · son · young man
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
שְׁמַעְתֶּ֑םšəmaʿətem
you listenedverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
וְ/גַםwəgam
and alsoconjH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
דָּמ֖/וֹdāmwō
blood hisnounH1818
-guiltiness · innocent
הִנֵּ֥הhinēh
here!particleH2009
lo · see
נִדְרָֽשׁnidərāš
is being requiredverbH1875
at all · care for · diligently · inquire ···
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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