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Genesis 42:7 — King James Version← Study notes

And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.


Genesis 42:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 42:719 words
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
אֶתʾet
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
וַיַּכִּרֵםwayakirēmAnd scrutinize
וַיִּתְנַכֵּרwayitənakērAnd scrutinize
אֲלֵיהֶםʾălêhemNear
וַיְדַבֵּרwayədabērAnd arrange
אִתָּםʾitāmNearness
קָשׁוֹתqāšwōtSevere
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
מֵאַיִןmēʾayinFrom where?
בָּאתֶםbāʾtemGo
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
מֵאֶרֶץmēʾereṣFrom earth
כְּנַעַןkənaʿanKenaan
לִשְׁבָּרlišəbārTo deal
אֹכֶלʾōḵelFood
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
וַיַּכִּרֵםwayakirēmAnd scrutinize
וַיִּתְנַכֵּרwayitənakērAnd scrutinize
אֲלֵיהֶםʾălêhemNear
וַיְדַבֵּרwayədabērAnd arrange
אִתָּםʾitāmNearness
קָשׁוֹתqāšwōtSevere
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
מֵאַיִןmēʾayinFrom where?
בָּאתֶםbāʾtemGo
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
מֵאֶרֶץmēʾereṣFrom earth
כְּנַעַןkənaʿanKenaan
לִשְׁבָּרlišəbārTo deal
אֹכֶלʾōḵelFood

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