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Genesis 43:6 — King James Version← Study notes

And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?


Genesis 43:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 43:610 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לָמָהlāmāhTo what?
הֲרֵעֹתֶםhărēʿōtemSpoil
לִיTo
לְהַגִּידləhagîdTo front
לָאִישׁlāʾîšTo man
הַעוֹדhaʿwōdIteration
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
אָחʾāḥBrother
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לָמָהlāmāhTo what?
הֲרֵעֹתֶםhărēʿōtemSpoil
לִיTo
לְהַגִּידləhagîdTo front
לָאִישׁlāʾîšTo man
הַעוֹדhaʿwōdIteration
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
אָחʾāḥBrother

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