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Genesis 42:22 — King James Version← Study notes

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 42:22Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 42:2217 words
וַיַּעַןwayaʿanAnd eye
רְאוּבֵןrəʾûvēnReuben
אֹתָםʾōtām
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
הֲלוֹאhălwōʾNot
אָמַרְתִּיʾāmarətîSay
אֲלֵיכֶםʾălêḵemNear
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
אַלʾalNot
תֶּחֶטְאוּteḥeṭəʾûMiss
בַיֶּלֶדvayeledIn something born
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
שְׁמַעְתֶּםšəmaʿətemHear
וְגַםwəgamAnd assemblage
דָּמוֹdāmwōBlood
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
נִדְרָשׁnidərāšTread
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּעַןwayaʿanAnd eye
רְאוּבֵןrəʾûvēnReuben
אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
הֲלוֹאhălwōʾNot
אָמַרְתִּיʾāmarətîSay
אֲלֵיכֶםʾălêḵemNear
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
אַלʾalNot
תֶּחֶטְאוּteḥeṭəʾûMiss
בַיֶּלֶדvayeledIn something born
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
שְׁמַעְתֶּםšəmaʿətemHear
וְגַםwəgamAnd assemblage
דָּמוֹdāmwōBlood
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
נִדְרָשׁnidərāšTread

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