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Genesis 43:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.”

Genesis 43:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 43:1824 words
וַיִּירְאוּwayîrəʾûAnd fear
הָאֲנָשִׁיםhāʾănāšîmThe man
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
הוּבְאוּhûvəʾûGo
בֵּיתbêtA house
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
עַלʿalAbove
דְּבַרdəvarWord
הַכֶּסֶףhakesep̄The silver
הַשָּׁבhašāvThe turn
בְּאַמְתְּחֹתֵינוּbəʾamətəḥōtênûIn expansive
בַּתְּחִלָּהbatəḥilāhIn commencement
אֲנַחְנוּʾănaḥənûWe
מוּבָאִיםmûvāʾîmGo
לְהִתְגֹּלֵלləhitəgōlēlTo roll
עָלֵינוּʿālênûAbove
וּלְהִתְנַפֵּלûləhitənapēlAnd to fall
עָלֵינוּʿālênûAbove
וְלָקַחַתwəlāqaḥatAnd to take
אֹתָנוּʾōtānû—
לַעֲבָדִיםlaʿăvādîmTo servant
וְאֶתwəʾet—
חֲמֹרֵינוּḥămōrênûAss
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּירְאוּwayîrəʾûAnd fear
הָאֲנָשִׁיםhāʾănāšîmThe man
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
הוּבְאוּhûvəʾûGo
בֵּיתbêtA house
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
עַלʿalAbove
דְּבַרdəvarWord
הַכֶּסֶףhakesep̄The silver
הַשָּׁבhašāvThe turn
בְּאַמְתְּחֹתֵינוּbəʾamətəḥōtênûIn expansive
בַּתְּחִלָּהbatəḥilāhIn commencement
אֲנַחְנוּʾănaḥənûWe
מוּבָאִיםmûvāʾîmGo
לְהִתְגֹּלֵלləhitəgōlēlTo roll
עָלֵינוּʿālênûAbove
וּלְהִתְנַפֵּלûləhitənapēlAnd to fall
עָלֵינוּʿālênûAbove
וְלָקַחַתwəlāqaḥatAnd to take
אֹתָנוּʾōtānûdirect object marker (no translation)
לַעֲבָדִיםlaʿăvādîmTo servant
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
חֲמֹרֵינוּḥămōrênûAss

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