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Genesis 43:34 — King James Version← Study notes

And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.


Genesis 43:34Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 43:3415 words
וַיִּשָּׂאwayiśāʾAnd lift
מַשְׂאֹתmaśəʾōtRaising
מֵאֵתmēʾētFrom nearness
פָּנָיוpānāywFace
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
וַתֵּרֶבwatērevAnd increase
מַשְׂאַתmaśəʾatRaising
בִּנְיָמִןbinəyāminBinjamin
מִמַּשְׂאֹתmimaśəʾōtFrom raising
כֻּלָּםkulāmWhole
חָמֵשׁḥāmēšFive
יָדוֹתyādwōtHand
וַיִּשְׁתּוּwayišətûAnd imbibe
וַיִּשְׁכְּרוּwayišəkərûAnd become tipsy
עִמּוֹʿimwōWith
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשָּׂאwayiśāʾAnd lift
מַשְׂאֹתmaśəʾōtRaising
מֵאֵתmēʾētFrom nearness
פָּנָיוpānāywFace
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
וַתֵּרֶבwatērevAnd increase
מַשְׂאַתmaśəʾatRaising
בִּנְיָמִןbinəyāminBinjamin
מִמַּשְׂאֹתmimaśəʾōtFrom raising
כֻּלָּםkulāmWhole
חָמֵשׁḥāmēšFive
יָדוֹתyādwōtHand
וַיִּשְׁתּוּwayišətûAnd imbibe
וַיִּשְׁכְּרוּwayišəkərûAnd become tipsy
עִמּוֹʿimwōWith

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