Genesis 42:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.”

Genesis 42:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 42:414 words

וְאֶתwəʾet—

בִּנְיָמִיןbinəyāmînBinjamin

אֲחִיʾăḥîBrother

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

לֹאlōʾNot

שָׁלַחšālaḥSend

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

אֶתʾetNearness

אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אָמַרʾāmarSay

פֶּןpenRemoval

יִקְרָאֶנּוּyiqərāʾenûEncounter

אָסוֹןʾāswōnHurt

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בִּנְיָמִיןbinəyāmînBinjamin

אֲחִיʾăḥîBrother

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

לֹאlōʾNot

שָׁלַחšālaḥSend

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

אֶתʾetNearness

אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אָמַרʾāmarSay

פֶּןpenRemoval

יִקְרָאֶנּוּyiqərāʾenûEncounter

אָסוֹןʾāswōnHurt

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