Genesis 42:36 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.”

Genesis 42:36 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 42:3616 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

אֲבִיהֶםʾăvîhemFather

אֹתִיʾōtî—

שִׁכַּלְתֶּםšikalətemMiscarry

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

אֵינֶנּוּʾênenûNonentity

וְשִׁמְעוֹןwəšiməʿwōnAnd Shimon

אֵינֶנּוּʾênenûNonentity

וְאֶתwəʾet—

בִּנְיָמִןbinəyāminBinjamin

תִּקָּחוּtiqāḥûTake

עָלַיʿālayAbove

הָיוּhāyûExist

כֻלָּנָהḵulānāhWhole

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

אֲבִיהֶםʾăvîhemFather

אֹתִיʾōtîdirect object marker (no translation)

שִׁכַּלְתֶּםšikalətemMiscarry

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

אֵינֶנּוּʾênenûNonentity

וְשִׁמְעוֹןwəšiməʿwōnAnd Shimon

אֵינֶנּוּʾênenûNonentity

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בִּנְיָמִןbinəyāminBinjamin

תִּקָּחוּtiqāḥûTake

עָלַיʿālayAbove

הָיוּhāyûExist

כֻלָּנָהḵulānāhWhole

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