“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 43:7 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 43:726 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּאמְר֡וּwayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
שָׁא֣וֹלšāʾwōl
carefullyverbH7592
on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···
שָֽׁאַלšāʾal
he askedverbH7592
on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···
הָ֠/אִישׁhāʾiyš
the manparticleH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
לָ֣/נוּlānw
pron
וּ/לְ/מֽוֹלַדְתֵּ֜/נוּwləmwōladətēnw
and of kindred ourconjH4138
born · issue · kindred · native
לֵ/אמֹ֗רlēʾmōr
sayingpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הַ/ע֨וֹדhaʿwōd
¿ stillparticleH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
אֲבִי/כֶ֥םʾăbiykem
is father yournounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
חַי֙ḥay
livingadjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
הֲ/יֵ֣שׁhăyēš
¿ does thereparticleH3426
(he · it · shall · there ···
לָ/כֶ֣םlākem
pron
אָ֔חʾāḥ
a brothernounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
וַ/נַ֨גֶּדwanaged
and we toldconjH5046
certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···
ל֔/וֹlwō
pron
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
פִּ֖יpiy
the mouth ofnounH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
הַ/דְּבָרִ֣יםhadəbāriym
the wordsparticleH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הָ/אֵ֑לֶּהhāʾēleh
theseparticleH428
so · some · such · them ···
הֲ/יָד֣וֹעַhăyādwōʿa
¿ reallyparticleH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
נֵדַ֔עnēdaʿ
did we knowverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
כִּ֣יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יֹאמַ֔רyōʾmar
he will sayverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הוֹרִ֖ידוּhwōriydw
bring downverbH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֲחִי/כֶֽםʾăḥiykem
brother yournounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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