Genesis 42:33 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:”

Genesis 42:33 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 42:3319 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

אֵלֵינוּʾēlênûNear

הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man

אֲדֹנֵיʾădōnêSovereign

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

בְּזֹאתbəzōʾtIn this

אֵדַעʾēdaʿKnow

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

כֵנִיםḵēnîmSet upright

אַתֶּםʾatemThou

אֲחִיכֶםʾăḥîḵemBrother

הָאֶחָדhāʾeḥādThe united

הַנִּיחוּhanîḥûDeposit

אִתִּיʾitîNearness

וְאֶתwəʾet—

רַעֲבוֹןraʿăvwōnFamine

בָּתֵּיכֶםbātêḵemA house

קְחוּqəḥûTake

וָלֵכוּwālēḵûAnd walk

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

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