“And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.”
Genesis 44:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 44:2018 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/נֹּ֨אמֶר֙wanōʾmer
and we saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אֲדֹנִ֔/יʾădōniy
lord mynounH113
master · owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'
יֶשׁyeš
thereparticleH3426
(he · it · shall · there ···
לָ֨/נוּ֙lānw
pron
אָ֣בʾāb
a fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
זָקֵ֔ןzāqēn
oldadjH2205
ancient · elder · old (man · men and...women) ···
וְ/יֶ֥לֶדwəyeled
and a child ofconjH3206
child · fruit · son · young man
זְקֻנִ֖יםzəquniym
old agenounH2208
קָטָ֑ןqāṭān
youngadjH6996
less · little · small(-est · one ···
וְ/אָחִ֨י/וwəʾāḥiyw
and brother hisconjH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
מֵ֜תmēt
he diedverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
וַ/יִּוָּתֵ֨רwayiwātēr
and he was leftconjH3498
leave · left behind · too much · make plenteous ···
ה֧וּאhwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
לְ/בַדּ֛/וֹləbadwō
to only himpronH905
apart · bar · besides · branch ···
לְ/אִמּ֖/וֹləʾimwō
to mother hispronH517
mother · parting
וְ/אָבִ֥י/וwəʾābiyw
and father hisconjH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
אֲהֵבֽ/וֹʾăhēbwō
he loves himverbH157
-ly · -r) · like · friend
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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