“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
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לֹֽאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יֵרֵ֥דyērēd
he will go downverbH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
בְּנִ֖/יbəniy
son mynounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
עִמָּ/כֶ֑םʿimākem
with youpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אָחִ֨י/וʾāḥiyw
brother hisnounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
מֵ֜תmēt
he has diedverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
וְ/ה֧וּאwəhwʾ
and heconjH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
לְ/בַדּ֣/וֹləbadwō
to only himpronH905
apart · bar · besides · branch ···
נִשְׁאָ֗רnišəʾār
is remainingverbH7604
left · let · remain · remnant ···
וּ/קְרָאָ֤/הוּwqərāʾāhw
and it will happen to himconjH7122
chance · come · fall out · happen ···
אָסוֹן֙ʾāswōn
harmnounH611
בַּ/דֶּ֨רֶךְ֙baderekə
on the journeypronH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
תֵּֽלְכוּtēləkw
awayverbH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
בָ֔/הּbāh
pron
וְ/הוֹרַדְתֶּ֧םwəhwōradətem
and you will cause to go downconjH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
שֵׂיבָתִ֛/יśēybātiy
gray hair mynounH7872
-y) hairs (head · -ed) · old age
בְּ/יָג֖וֹןbəyāgwōn
in sorrowpronH3015
sorrow
שְׁאֽוֹלָ/הšəʾwōlāh
Sheol towardsnounH7585
hell · pit
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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