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Genesis 43:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.


Genesis 43:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 43:217 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
כִּלּוּkilûEnd
לֶאֱכֹלleʾĕḵōlTo eat
אֶתʾet
הַשֶּׁבֶרhaševerThe grain
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הֵבִיאוּhēvîʾûGo
מִמִּצְרָיִםmimiṣərāyimFrom Mitsrajim
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֲלֵיהֶםʾălêhemNear
אֲבִיהֶםʾăvîhemFather
שֻׁבוּšuvûTurn
שִׁבְרוּšivərûDeal
לָנוּlānûTo
מְעַטməʿaṭLittle
אֹכֶלʾōḵelFood
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
כִּלּוּkilûEnd
לֶאֱכֹלleʾĕḵōlTo eat
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַשֶּׁבֶרhaševerThe grain
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הֵבִיאוּhēvîʾûGo
מִמִּצְרָיִםmimiṣərāyimFrom Mitsrajim
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֲלֵיהֶםʾălêhemNear
אֲבִיהֶםʾăvîhemFather
שֻׁבוּšuvûTurn
שִׁבְרוּšivərûDeal
לָנוּlānûTo
מְעַטməʿaṭLittle
אֹכֶלʾōḵelFood

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