Genesis 43:26 — King James Version← Study notes

“And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.”

Genesis 43:26 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 43:2613 words

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

הַבַּיְתָהhabayətāhThe a house

וַיָּבִיאּוּwayāvîʾûAnd go

לוֹlwōTo

אֶתʾet—

הַמִּנְחָהhaminəḥāhThe donation

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בְּיָדָםbəyādāmIn hand

הַבָּיְתָהhabāyətāhThe a house

וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּwayišətaḥăwûAnd depress

לוֹlwōTo

אָרְצָהʾārəṣāhEarth

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

הַבַּיְתָהhabayətāhThe a house

וַיָּבִיאּוּwayāvîʾûAnd go

לוֹlwōTo

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַמִּנְחָהhaminəḥāhThe donation

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בְּיָדָםbəyādāmIn hand

הַבָּיְתָהhabāyətāhThe a house

וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּwayišətaḥăwûAnd depress

לוֹlwōTo

אָרְצָהʾārəṣāhEarth

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