“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
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
רְאוּבֵן֙rəʾwbēn
ReubennounH7205
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אָבִ֣י/וʾābiyw
father hisnounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
לֵ/אמֹ֔רlēʾmōr
sayingpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
שְׁנֵ֤יšənēy
two ofadjH8147
couple · double · second · twain ···
בָנַ/י֙bānay
sons mynounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
תָּמִ֔יתtāmiyt
you will killverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
לֹ֥אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אֲבִיאֶ֖/נּוּʾăbiyʾenw
I will bring himverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֵלֶ֑י/ךָʾēleykā
to youpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
תְּנָ֤/הtənāh
put !verbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
אֹת/וֹ֙ʾōtwō
himparticleH853
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
יָדִ֔/יyādiy
hand mynounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
וַ/אֲנִ֖יwaʾăniy
and IconjH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
אֲשִׁיבֶ֥/נּוּʾăšiybenw
I will bring back himverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
אֵלֶֽי/ךָʾēleykā
to youpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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