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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
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוּדָהyəhûdāhJehudah
מַהmahWhat?
נֹּאמַרnōʾmarSay
לַאדֹנִיlaʾdōnîTo sovereign
מַהmahWhat?
נְּדַבֵּרnədabērArrange
וּמַהûmahAnd what?
נִּצְטַדָּקniṣəṭadāqBe
הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God
מָצָאmāṣāʾCome
אֶתʾet
עֲוֺןʿăwōnPerversity
עֲבָדֶיךָʿăvādeyḵāServant
הִנֶּנּוּhinenûLo!
עֲבָדִיםʿăvādîmServant
לַאדֹנִיlaʾdōnîTo sovereign
גַּםgamAssemblage
אֲנַחְנוּʾănaḥənûWe
גַּםgamAssemblage
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נִמְצָאniməṣāʾCome
הַגָּבִיעַhagāvîʿaThe goblet
בְּיָדוֹbəyādwōIn hand
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
מַהmahWhat?
נֹּאמַרnōʾmarSay
לַאדֹנִיlaʾdōnîTo sovereign
מַהmahWhat?
נְּדַבֵּרnədabērArrange
וּמַהûmahAnd what?
נִּצְטַדָּקniṣəṭadāqBe
הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God
מָצָאmāṣāʾCome
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
עֲוֺןʿăwōnPerversity
עֲבָדֶיךָʿăvādeyḵāServant
הִנֶּנּוּhinenûLo!
עֲבָדִיםʿăvādîmServant
לַאדֹנִיlaʾdōnîTo sovereign
גַּםgamAssemblage
אֲנַחְנוּʾănaḥənûWe
גַּםgamAssemblage
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נִמְצָאniməṣāʾCome
הַגָּבִיעַhagāvîʿaThe goblet
בְּיָדוֹbəyādwōIn hand

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