Genesis 43:32 — King James Version← Study notes
“And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.”
Genesis 43:32 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 43:3221 words
וַיָּשִׂימוּwayāśîmûAnd put
לוֹlwōTo
לְבַדּוֹləvadwōTo separation
וְלָהֶםwəlāhemAnd to
לְבַדָּםləvadāmTo separation
וְלַמִּצְרִיםwəlamiṣərîmAnd to Mitsrite
הָאֹכְלִיםhāʾōḵəlîmThe eat
אִתּוֹʾitwōNearness
לְבַדָּםləvadāmTo separation
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
יוּכְלוּןyûḵəlûnBe able
הַמִּצְרִיםhamiṣərîmThe Mitsrite
לֶאֱכֹלleʾĕḵōlTo eat
אֶתʾetNearness
הָעִבְרִיםhāʿivərîmThe Eberite
לֶחֶםleḥemFood
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
תוֹעֵבָהtwōʿēvāhDisgusting
הִואhiwʾHe
לְמִצְרָיִםləmiṣərāyimTo Mitsrite
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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