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Genesis 44:31 — King James Version← Study notes

It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.


Genesis 44:31Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 44:3114 words
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
כִּרְאוֹתוֹkirəʾwōtwōLike see
כִּיRelative conjunction
אֵיןʾênNonentity
הַנַּעַרhanaʿarThe boy
וָמֵתwāmētAnd die
וְהוֹרִידוּwəhwōrîdûAnd descend
עֲבָדֶיךָʿăvādeyḵāServant
אֶתʾet
שֵׂיבַתśêvatOld age
עַבְדְּךָʿavədəḵāServant
אָבִינוּʾāvînûFather
בְּיָגוֹןbəyāgwōnIn affliction
שְׁאֹלָהšəʾōlāhHades
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
כִּרְאוֹתוֹkirəʾwōtwōLike see
כִּיRelative conjunction
אֵיןʾênNonentity
הַנַּעַרhanaʿarThe boy
וָמֵתwāmētAnd die
וְהוֹרִידוּwəhwōrîdûAnd descend
עֲבָדֶיךָʿăvādeyḵāServant
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
שֵׂיבַתśêvatOld age
עַבְדְּךָʿavədəḵāServant
אָבִינוּʾāvînûFather
בְּיָגוֹןbəyāgwōnIn affliction
שְׁאֹלָהšəʾōlāhHades

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