Genesis 44:34 — King James Version← Study notes
“For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.”
Genesis 44:34 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 44:3415 words
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
אֵיךְʾêḵəHow?
אֶעֱלֶהʾeʿĕlehAscend
אֶלʾelNear
אָבִיʾāvîFather
וְהַנַּעַרwəhanaʿarAnd the boy
אֵינֶנּוּʾênenûNonentity
אִתִּיʾitîNearness
פֶּןpenRemoval
אֶרְאֶהʾerəʾehSee
בָרָעvārāʿIn bad
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִמְצָאyiməṣāʾCome
אֶתʾet—
אָבִיʾāvîFather
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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