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Genesis 44:30 — King James Version← Study notes

Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;


Genesis 44:30Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 44:3011 words
וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
כְּבֹאִיkəvōʾîLike go
אֶלʾelNear
עַבְדְּךָʿavədəḵāServant
אָבִיʾāvîFather
וְהַנַּעַרwəhanaʿarAnd the boy
אֵינֶנּוּʾênenûNonentity
אִתָּנוּʾitānûNearness
וְנַפְשׁוֹwənap̄əšwōAnd breathing creature
קְשׁוּרָהqəšûrāhTie
בְנַפְשׁוֹvənap̄əšwōIn breathing creature
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
כְּבֹאִיkəvōʾîLike go
אֶלʾelNear
עַבְדְּךָʿavədəḵāServant
אָבִיʾāvîFather
וְהַנַּעַרwəhanaʿarAnd the boy
אֵינֶנּוּʾênenûNonentity
אִתָּנוּʾitānûNearness
וְנַפְשׁוֹwənap̄əšwōAnd breathing creature
קְשׁוּרָהqəšûrāhTie
בְנַפְשׁוֹvənap̄əšwōIn breathing creature

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