“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 44:16 — Hebrew 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 ···
ℹWords 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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