Genesis 42:34 — King James Version← Study notes

“And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.”

Genesis 42:34 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 42:3420 words

וְהָבִיאוּwəhāvîʾûAnd go

אֶתʾet—

אֲחִיכֶםʾăḥîḵemBrother

הַקָּטֹןhaqāṭōnThe abbreviated

אֵלַיʾēlayNear

וְאֵדְעָהwəʾēdəʿāhAnd know

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

לֹאlōʾNot

מְרַגְּלִיםməragəlîmWalk along

אַתֶּםʾatemThou

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

כֵנִיםḵēnîmSet upright

אַתֶּםʾatemThou

אֶתʾet—

אֲחִיכֶםʾăḥîḵemBrother

אֶתֵּןʾetēnGive

לָכֶםlāḵemTo

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

תִּסְחָרוּtisəḥārûTravel round

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְהָבִיאוּwəhāvîʾûAnd go

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אֲחִיכֶםʾăḥîḵemBrother

הַקָּטֹןhaqāṭōnThe abbreviated

אֵלַיʾēlayNear

וְאֵדְעָהwəʾēdəʿāhAnd know

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

לֹאlōʾNot

מְרַגְּלִיםməragəlîmWalk along

אַתֶּםʾatemThou

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

כֵנִיםḵēnîmSet upright

אַתֶּםʾatemThou

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אֲחִיכֶםʾăḥîḵemBrother

אֶתֵּןʾetēnGive

לָכֶםlāḵemTo

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

תִּסְחָרוּtisəḥārûTravel round

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