Genesis 42:24 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.”

Genesis 42:24 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 42:2414 words

וַיִּסֹּבwayisōvAnd revolve

מֵעֲלֵיהֶםmēʿălêhemFrom above

וַיֵּבְךְּwayēvəkəAnd weep

וַיָּשָׁבwayāšāvAnd turn

אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear

וַיְדַבֵּרwayədabērAnd arrange

אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

מֵאִתָּםmēʾitāmFrom nearness

אֶתʾet—

שִׁמְעוֹןšiməʿwōnShimon

וַיֶּאֱסֹרwayeʾĕsōrAnd yoke

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

לְעֵינֵיהֶםləʿênêhemTo eye

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּסֹּבwayisōvAnd revolve

מֵעֲלֵיהֶםmēʿălêhemFrom above

וַיֵּבְךְּwayēvəkəAnd weep

וַיָּשָׁבwayāšāvAnd turn

אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear

וַיְדַבֵּרwayədabērAnd arrange

אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

מֵאִתָּםmēʾitāmFrom nearness

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שִׁמְעוֹןšiməʿwōnShimon

וַיֶּאֱסֹרwayeʾĕsōrAnd yoke

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

לְעֵינֵיהֶםləʿênêhemTo eye

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