Genesis 44:11 — King James Version← Study notes

“Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.”

Genesis 44:11 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 44:119 words

וַיְמַהֲרוּwayəmahărûAnd be liquid

וַיּוֹרִדוּwaywōridûAnd descend

אִישׁʾîšMan

אֶתʾet—

אַמְתַּחְתּוֹʾamətaḥətwōExpansive

אָרְצָהʾārəṣāhEarth

וַיִּפְתְּחוּwayip̄ətəḥûAnd open wide

אִישׁʾîšMan

אַמְתַּחְתּוֹʾamətaḥətwōExpansive

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְמַהֲרוּwayəmahărûAnd be liquid

וַיּוֹרִדוּwaywōridûAnd descend

אִישׁʾîšMan

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אַמְתַּחְתּוֹʾamətaḥətwōExpansive

אָרְצָהʾārəṣāhEarth

וַיִּפְתְּחוּwayip̄ətəḥûAnd open wide

אִישׁʾîšMan

אַמְתַּחְתּוֹʾamətaḥətwōExpansive

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