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Genesis 44:20 — King James Version← Study notes

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 44:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 44:2018 words
וַנֹּאמֶרwanōʾmerAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign
יֶשׁyešIs
לָנוּlānûTo
אָבʾāvFather
זָקֵןzāqēnOld
וְיֶלֶדwəyeledAnd something born
זְקֻנִיםzəqunîmOld age
קָטָןqāṭānAbbreviated
וְאָחִיוwəʾāḥîwAnd brother
מֵתmētDie
וַיִּוָּתֵרwayiûtērAnd jut
הוּאhûʾHe
לְבַדּוֹləvadwōTo separation
לְאִמּוֹləʾimwōTo mother
וְאָבִיוwəʾāvîwAnd father
אֲהֵבוֹʾăhēvwōHave affection
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַנֹּאמֶרwanōʾmerAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign
יֶשׁyešIs
לָנוּlānûTo
אָבʾāvFather
זָקֵןzāqēnOld
וְיֶלֶדwəyeledAnd something born
זְקֻנִיםzəqunîmOld age
קָטָןqāṭānAbbreviated
וְאָחִיוwəʾāḥîwAnd brother
מֵתmētDie
וַיִּוָּתֵרwayiûtērAnd jut
הוּאhûʾHe
לְבַדּוֹləvadwōTo separation
לְאִמּוֹləʾimwōTo mother
וְאָבִיוwəʾāvîwAnd father
אֲהֵבוֹʾăhēvwōHave affection

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