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Genesis 44:18 — King James Version← Study notes

Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.


Genesis 44:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 44:1819 words
וַיִּגַּשׁwayigašAnd be
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
יְהוּדָהyəhûdāhJehudah
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
בִּיOh that!
אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign
יְדַבֶּרyədaberArrange
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
עַבְדְּךָʿavədəḵāServant
דָבָרdāvārWord
בְּאָזְנֵיbəʾāzənêIn broadness
אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign
וְאַלwəʾalAnd not
יִחַרyiḥarGlow
אַפְּךָʾapəḵāNose
בְּעַבְדֶּךָbəʿavədeḵāIn servant
כִּיRelative conjunction
כָמוֹךָḵāmwōḵāAs
כְּפַרְעֹהkəp̄arəʿōhLike Paroh
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּגַּשׁwayigašAnd be
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
יְהוּדָהyəhûdāhJehudah
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
בִּיOh that!
אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign
יְדַבֶּרyədaberArrange
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
עַבְדְּךָʿavədəḵāServant
דָבָרdāvārWord
בְּאָזְנֵיbəʾāzənêIn broadness
אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign
וְאַלwəʾalAnd not
יִחַרyiḥarGlow
אַפְּךָʾapəḵāNose
בְּעַבְדֶּךָbəʿavədeḵāIn servant
כִּיRelative conjunction
כָמוֹךָḵāmwōḵāAs
כְּפַרְעֹהkəp̄arəʿōhLike Paroh

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