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Genesis 43:7 — King James Version← Study notes

And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?


Genesis 43:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 43:726 words
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
שָׁאוֹלšāʾwōlInquire
שָׁאַלšāʾalInquire
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
לָנוּlānûTo
וּלְמוֹלַדְתֵּנוּûləmwōladətēnûAnd to nativity
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
הַעוֹדhaʿwōdIteration
אֲבִיכֶםʾăvîḵemFather
חַיḥayAlive
הֲיֵשׁhăyēšIs
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
אָחʾāḥBrother
וַנַגֶּדwanagedAnd front
לוֹlwōTo
עַלʿalAbove
פִּיMouth
הַדְּבָרִיםhadəvārîmThe word
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
הֲיָדוֹעַhăyādwōʿaKnow
נֵדַעnēdaʿKnow
כִּיRelative conjunction
יֹאמַרyōʾmarSay
הוֹרִידוּhwōrîdûDescend
אֶתʾet
אֲחִיכֶםʾăḥîḵemBrother
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
שָׁאוֹלšāʾwōlInquire
שָׁאַלšāʾalInquire
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
לָנוּlānûTo
וּלְמוֹלַדְתֵּנוּûləmwōladətēnûAnd to nativity
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
הַעוֹדhaʿwōdIteration
אֲבִיכֶםʾăvîḵemFather
חַיḥayAlive
הֲיֵשׁhăyēšIs
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
אָחʾāḥBrother
וַנַגֶּדwanagedAnd front
לוֹlwōTo
עַלʿalAbove
פִּיMouth
הַדְּבָרִיםhadəvārîmThe word
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
הֲיָדוֹעַhăyādwōʿaKnow
נֵדַעnēdaʿKnow
כִּיRelative conjunction
יֹאמַרyōʾmarSay
הוֹרִידוּhwōrîdûDescend
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אֲחִיכֶםʾăḥîḵemBrother

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