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Genesis 43:30 — King James Version← Study notes

And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.


Genesis 43:30Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 43:3013 words
וַיְמַהֵרwayəmahērAnd be liquid
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
כִּיRelative conjunction
נִכְמְרוּniḵəmərûIntertwine
רַחֲמָיוraḥămāywCompassion
אֶלʾelNear
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
וַיְבַקֵּשׁwayəvaqēšAnd search
לִבְכּוֹתlivəkwōtTo weep
וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go
הַחַדְרָהhaḥadərāhThe apartment
וַיֵּבְךְּwayēvəkəAnd weep
שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְמַהֵרwayəmahērAnd be liquid
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
כִּיRelative conjunction
נִכְמְרוּniḵəmərûIntertwine
רַחֲמָיוraḥămāywCompassion
אֶלʾelNear
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
וַיְבַקֵּשׁwayəvaqēšAnd search
לִבְכּוֹתlivəkwōtTo weep
וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go
הַחַדְרָהhaḥadərāhThe apartment
וַיֵּבְךְּwayēvəkəAnd weep
שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere

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