Genesis 42:38 — King James Version← Study notes
“And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.”
Genesis 42:38 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 42:3822 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לֹאlōʾNot
יֵרֵדyērēdDescend
בְּנִיbənîSon
עִמָּכֶםʿimāḵemWith
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
מֵתmētDie
וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he
לְבַדּוֹləvadwōTo separation
נִשְׁאָרnišəʾārSwell
וּקְרָאָהוּûqərāʾāhûAnd encounter
אָסוֹןʾāswōnHurt
בַּדֶּרֶךְbadereḵəIn road
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תֵּלְכוּtēləḵûWalk
בָהּvāhIn
וְהוֹרַדְתֶּםwəhwōradətemAnd descend
אֶתʾet—
שֵׂיבָתִיśêvātîOld age
בְּיָגוֹןbəyāgwōnIn affliction
שְׁאוֹלָהšəʾwōlāhHades
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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