Genesis 44:22 — King James Version← Study notes

“And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.”

Genesis 44:22 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 44:2213 words

וַנֹּאמֶרwanōʾmerAnd say

אֶלʾelNear

אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign

לֹאlōʾNot

יוּכַלyûḵalBe able

הַנַּעַרhanaʿarThe boy

לַעֲזֹבlaʿăzōvTo loosen

אֶתʾet—

אָבִיוʾāvîwFather

וְעָזַבwəʿāzavAnd loosen

אֶתʾet—

אָבִיוʾāvîwFather

וָמֵתwāmētAnd die

ℹWords 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

לֹאlōʾNot

יוּכַלyûḵalBe able

הַנַּעַרhanaʿarThe boy

לַעֲזֹבlaʿăzōvTo loosen

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אָבִיוʾāvîwFather

וְעָזַבwəʿāzavAnd loosen

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אָבִיוʾāvîwFather

וָמֵתwāmētAnd die

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