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Genesis 44:16 — King James Version← Study notes

And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord’s servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.


Genesis 44:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 44:1624 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוּדָ֗הyəhwdāh
JudahnounH3063
מַהmah
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
נֹּאמַר֙nōʾmar
will we sayverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לַֽ/אדֹנִ֔/יlaʾdōniy
to lord mypronH113
master · owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'
מַהmah
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
נְּדַבֵּ֖רnədabēr
will we speakverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
וּ/מַהwmah
and what?conjH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
נִּצְטַדָּ֑קniṣəṭadāq
will we justify ourselvesverbH6663
clear self · (be · do) just(-ice · -ify ···
הָ/אֱלֹהִ֗יםhāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
מָצָא֙māṣāʾ
he has foundverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
עֲוֺ֣ןʿăwōn
the guilt ofnounH5771
iniquity · mischeif · punishment · sin
עֲבָדֶ֔י/ךָʿăbādeykā
servants yournounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
הִנֶּ/נּ֤וּhinenw
here weparticleH2005
if · lo · though
עֲבָדִים֙ʿăbādiym
are slavesnounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
לַֽ/אדֹנִ֔/יlaʾdōniy
of lord mypronH113
master · owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'
גַּםgam
bothparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
אֲנַ֕חְנוּʾănaḥənw
weprepH587
us · we
גַּ֛םgam
as well asparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
the one whoparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
נִמְצָ֥אniməṣāʾ
it was foundverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
הַ/גָּבִ֖יעַhagābiyʿa
the cupparticleH1375
cup · pot
בְּ/יָדֽ/וֹbəyādwō
in hand hispronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
Words 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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