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 43:7 — Hebrew 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
פִּיpîMouth
הַדְּבָרִיםhadəvārîmThe word
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
הֲיָדוֹעַhăyādwōʿaKnow
נֵדַעnēdaʿKnow
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
יֹאמַרyōʾmarSay
הוֹרִידוּhwōrîdûDescend
אֶתʾet—
אֲחִיכֶםʾăḥîḵemBrother
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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