Genesis 42:37 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.”

Genesis 42:37 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 42:3720 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

רְאוּבֵןrəʾûvēnReuben

אֶלʾelNear

אָבִיוʾāvîwFather

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

אֶתʾet—

שְׁנֵיšənêTwo

בָנַיvānaySon

תָּמִיתtāmîtDie

אִםʾimLo!

לֹאlōʾNot

אֲבִיאֶנּוּʾăvîʾenûGo

אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear

תְּנָהtənāhGive

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

עַלʿalAbove

יָדִיyādîHand

וַאֲנִיwaʾănîAnd I

אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּʾăšîvenûTurn

אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

רְאוּבֵןrəʾûvēnReuben

אֶלʾelNear

אָבִיוʾāvîwFather

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שְׁנֵיšənêTwo

בָנַיvānaySon

תָּמִיתtāmîtDie

אִםʾimLo!

לֹאlōʾNot

אֲבִיאֶנּוּʾăvîʾenûGo

אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear

תְּנָהtənāhGive

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

עַלʿalAbove

יָדִיyādîHand

וַאֲנִיwaʾănîAnd I

אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּʾăšîvenûTurn

אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear

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