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Genesis 42:32 — King James Version← Study notes

We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.


Genesis 42:32Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 42:3214 words
שְׁנֵיםšənêmTwo
עָשָׂרʿāśārTen
אֲנַחְנוּʾănaḥənûWe
אַחִיםʾaḥîmBrother
בְּנֵיbənêSon
אָבִינוּʾāvînûFather
הָאֶחָדhāʾeḥādThe united
אֵינֶנּוּʾênenûNonentity
וְהַקָּטֹןwəhaqāṭōnAnd the abbreviated
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
אֶתʾetNearness
אָבִינוּʾāvînûFather
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
כְּנָעַןkənāʿanKenaan
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

שְׁנֵיםšənêmTwo
עָשָׂרʿāśārTen
אֲנַחְנוּʾănaḥənûWe
אַחִיםʾaḥîmBrother
בְּנֵיbənêSon
אָבִינוּʾāvînûFather
הָאֶחָדhāʾeḥādThe united
אֵינֶנּוּʾênenûNonentity
וְהַקָּטֹןwəhaqāṭōnAnd the abbreviated
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
אֶתʾetNearness
אָבִינוּʾāvînûFather
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
כְּנָעַןkənāʿanKenaan

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