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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 43:32Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 43:3221 words
וַיָּשִׂימוּwayāśîmûAnd put
לוֹlwōTo
לְבַדּוֹləvadwōTo separation
וְלָהֶםwəlāhemAnd to
לְבַדָּםləvadāmTo separation
וְלַמִּצְרִיםwəlamiṣərîmAnd to Mitsrite
הָאֹכְלִיםhāʾōḵəlîmThe eat
אִתּוֹʾitwōNearness
לְבַדָּםləvadāmTo separation
כִּיRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
יוּכְלוּןyûḵəlûnBe able
הַמִּצְרִיםhamiṣərîmThe Mitsrite
לֶאֱכֹלleʾĕḵōlTo eat
אֶתʾetNearness
הָעִבְרִיםhāʿivərîmThe Eberite
לֶחֶםleḥemFood
כִּיRelative conjunction
תוֹעֵבָהtwōʿēvāhDisgusting
הִואhiwʾHe
לְמִצְרָיִםləmiṣərāyimTo Mitsrite
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּשִׂימוּwayāśîmûAnd put
לוֹlwōTo
לְבַדּוֹləvadwōTo separation
וְלָהֶםwəlāhemAnd to
לְבַדָּםləvadāmTo separation
וְלַמִּצְרִיםwəlamiṣərîmAnd to Mitsrite
הָאֹכְלִיםhāʾōḵəlîmThe eat
אִתּוֹʾitwōNearness
לְבַדָּםləvadāmTo separation
כִּיRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
יוּכְלוּןyûḵəlûnBe able
הַמִּצְרִיםhamiṣərîmThe Mitsrite
לֶאֱכֹלleʾĕḵōlTo eat
אֶתʾetNearness
הָעִבְרִיםhāʿivərîmThe Eberite
לֶחֶםleḥemFood
כִּיRelative conjunction
תוֹעֵבָהtwōʿēvāhDisgusting
הִואhiwʾHe
לְמִצְרָיִםləmiṣərāyimTo Mitsrite

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