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Genesis 43:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.


Genesis 43:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 43:819 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוּדָהyəhûdāhJehudah
אֶלʾelNear
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
שִׁלְחָהšiləḥāhSend
הַנַּעַרhanaʿarThe boy
אִתִּיʾitîNearness
וְנָקוּמָהwənāqûmāhAnd rise
וְנֵלֵכָהwənēlēḵāhAnd walk
וְנִחְיֶהwəniḥəyehAnd live
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
נָמוּתnāmûtDie
גַּםgamAssemblage
אֲנַחְנוּʾănaḥənûWe
גַםgamAssemblage
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
גַּםgamAssemblage
טַפֵּנוּṭapēnûFamily
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוּדָהyəhûdāhJehudah
אֶלʾelNear
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
שִׁלְחָהšiləḥāhSend
הַנַּעַרhanaʿarThe boy
אִתִּיʾitîNearness
וְנָקוּמָהwənāqûmāhAnd rise
וְנֵלֵכָהwənēlēḵāhAnd walk
וְנִחְיֶהwəniḥəyehAnd live
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
נָמוּתnāmûtDie
גַּםgamAssemblage
אֲנַחְנוּʾănaḥənûWe
גַםgamAssemblage
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
גַּםgamAssemblage
טַפֵּנוּṭapēnûFamily

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