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Genesis 43:29 — King James Version← Study notes

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.


Genesis 43:29Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 43:2919 words
וַיִּשָּׂאwayiśāʾAnd lift
עֵינָיוʿênāywEye
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
אֶתʾet
בִּנְיָמִיןbinəyāmînBinjamin
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
בֶּןbenSon
אִמּוֹʾimwōMother
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הֲזֶהhăzehThis
אֲחִיכֶםʾăḥîḵemBrother
הַקָּטֹןhaqāṭōnThe abbreviated
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אֲמַרְתֶּםʾămarətemSay
אֵלָיʾēlāyNear
וַיֹּאמַרwayōʾmarAnd say
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
יָחְנְךָyāḥənəḵāBend
בְּנִיbənîSon
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשָּׂאwayiśāʾAnd lift
עֵינָיוʿênāywEye
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בִּנְיָמִיןbinəyāmînBinjamin
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
בֶּןbenSon
אִמּוֹʾimwōMother
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הֲזֶהhăzehThis
אֲחִיכֶםʾăḥîḵemBrother
הַקָּטֹןhaqāṭōnThe abbreviated
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אֲמַרְתֶּםʾămarətemSay
אֵלָיʾēlāyNear
וַיֹּאמַרwayōʾmarAnd say
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
יָחְנְךָyāḥənəḵāBend
בְּנִיbənîSon

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