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Genesis 44:33 — King James Version← Study notes

Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.


Genesis 44:33Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 44:3312 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/עַתָּ֗הwəʿatāh
and thereforeconjH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
יֵֽשֶׁבyēšeb
let him remainverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
נָ֤אnāʾ
pleaseparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
עַבְדְּ/ךָ֙ʿabədəkā
servant yournounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
תַּ֣חַתtaḥat
in place ofpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
הַ/נַּ֔עַרhanaʿar
the young manparticleH5288
boy · child · damsel · lad ···
עֶ֖בֶדʿebed
a slavenounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
לַֽ/אדֹנִ֑/יlaʾdōniy
of lord mypronH113
master · owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'
וְ/הַ/נַּ֖עַרwəhanaʿar
and the ladconjH5288
boy · child · damsel · lad ···
יַ֥עַלyaʿal
let him go upverbH5927
ascend up · at once · break · bring ···
עִםʿim
withpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
אֶחָֽי/וʾeḥāyw
brothers hisnounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Jonas ErikssonNote2mo ago
Let Your Servant Remain as a Slave
Judah's exact offer: let me be your slave instead of Benjamin. He's asking for substitution - his servitude for his brother's freedom. The theology of this gets enormous later in the New Testament, b...
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