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Genesis 44:26 — King James Version← Study notes

And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us.


Genesis 44:26Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 44:2620 words
וַנֹּאמֶרwanōʾmerAnd say
לֹאlōʾNot
נוּכַלnûḵalBe able
לָרֶדֶתlāredetTo descend
אִםʾimLo!
יֵשׁyēšIs
אָחִינוּʾāḥînûBrother
הַקָּטֹןhaqāṭōnThe abbreviated
אִתָּנוּʾitānûNearness
וְיָרַדְנוּwəyāradənûAnd descend
כִּיRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
נוּכַלnûḵalBe able
לִרְאוֹתlirəʾwōtTo see
פְּנֵיpənêFace
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
וְאָחִינוּwəʾāḥînûAnd brother
הַקָּטֹןhaqāṭōnThe abbreviated
אֵינֶנּוּʾênenûNonentity
אִתָּנוּʾitānûNearness
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַנֹּאמֶרwanōʾmerAnd say
לֹאlōʾNot
נוּכַלnûḵalBe able
לָרֶדֶתlāredetTo descend
אִםʾimLo!
יֵשׁyēšIs
אָחִינוּʾāḥînûBrother
הַקָּטֹןhaqāṭōnThe abbreviated
אִתָּנוּʾitānûNearness
וְיָרַדְנוּwəyāradənûAnd descend
כִּיRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
נוּכַלnûḵalBe able
לִרְאוֹתlirəʾwōtTo see
פְּנֵיpənêFace
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
וְאָחִינוּwəʾāḥînûAnd brother
הַקָּטֹןhaqāṭōnThe abbreviated
אֵינֶנּוּʾênenûNonentity
אִתָּנוּʾitānûNearness

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