“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 42:7 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 42:719 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּ֥רְאwayarəʾ
and he sawconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
יוֹסֵ֛ףywōsēp
JosephnounH3130
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֶחָ֖י/וʾeḥāyw
brothers hisnounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
וַ/יַּכִּרֵ֑/םwayakirēm
and he recognized themconjH5234
could · deliver · discern · dissemble ···
וַ/יִּתְנַכֵּ֨רwayitənakēr
and he acted as a strangerconjH5234
could · deliver · discern · dissemble ···
אֲלֵי/הֶ֜םʾălēyhem
to thempronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
וַ/יְדַבֵּ֧רwayədabēr
and he spokeconjH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
אִתָּ֣/םʾitām
with thempronH854
among · before · by · for ···
קָשׁ֗וֹתqāšwōt
harshadjH7186
cruel · grievous · hard · thing) ···
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֲלֵ/הֶם֙ʾălēhem
to thempronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
מֵ/אַ֣יִןmēʾayin
from where?pronH370
where
בָּאתֶ֔םbāʾtem
have you comeverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּwayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
מֵ/אֶ֥רֶץmēʾereṣ
from the land ofpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
כְּנַ֖עַןkənaʿan
CanaannounH3667
merchant · traffick
לִ/שְׁבָּרlišəbār
to buypronH7666
sell
אֹֽכֶלʾōkel
foodnounH400
food · meal · meat · prey ···
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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