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Genesis 43:11 — King James Version← Study notes

And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:


Genesis 43:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 43:1124 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אֲבִיהֶםʾăvîhemFather
אִםʾimLo!
כֵּןkēnSet upright
אֵפוֹאʾēp̄wōʾHere
זֹאתzōʾtThis
עֲשׂוּʿăśûDo
קְחוּqəḥûTake
מִזִּמְרַתmiziməratFrom pruned
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
בִּכְלֵיכֶםbiḵəlêḵemIn prepared
וְהוֹרִידוּwəhwōrîdûAnd descend
לָאִישׁlāʾîšTo man
מִנְחָהminəḥāhDonation
מְעַטməʿaṭLittle
צֳרִיṣŏrîDistillation
וּמְעַטûməʿaṭAnd little
דְּבַשׁdəvašHoney
נְכֹאתnəḵōʾtSmiting
וָלֹטwālōṭAnd gum
בָּטְנִיםbāṭənîmPistachio-nut
וּשְׁקֵדִיםûšəqēdîmAnd almond
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אֲבִיהֶםʾăvîhemFather
אִםʾimLo!
כֵּןkēnSet upright
אֵפוֹאʾēp̄wōʾHere
זֹאתzōʾtThis
עֲשׂוּʿăśûDo
קְחוּqəḥûTake
מִזִּמְרַתmiziməratFrom pruned
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
בִּכְלֵיכֶםbiḵəlêḵemIn prepared
וְהוֹרִידוּwəhwōrîdûAnd descend
לָאִישׁlāʾîšTo man
מִנְחָהminəḥāhDonation
מְעַטməʿaṭLittle
צֳרִיṣŏrîDistillation
וּמְעַטûməʿaṭAnd little
דְּבַשׁdəvašHoney
נְכֹאתnəḵōʾtSmiting
וָלֹטwālōṭAnd gum
בָּטְנִיםbāṭənîmPistachio-nut
וּשְׁקֵדִיםûšəqēdîmAnd almond

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