“And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:”
Genesis 44:7 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 44:712 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּwayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֵלָ֔י/וʾēlāyw
to himpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
לָ֚/מָּהlāmāh
why?pronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
יְדַבֵּ֣רyədabēr
does he speakverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
אֲדֹנִ֔/יʾădōniy
master mynounH113
master · owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'
כַּ/דְּבָרִ֖יםkadəbāriym
according to the wordspronH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הָ/אֵ֑לֶּהhāʾēleh
theseparticleH428
so · some · such · them ···
חָלִ֨ילָ/ה֙ḥāliylāh
far be itparticleH2486
forbid
לַ/עֲבָדֶ֔י/ךָlaʿăbādeykā
to servants yourpronH5650
bondage · servant · servant
מֵ/עֲשׂ֖וֹתmēʿăśwōt
from doingpronH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
כַּ/דָּבָ֥רkadābār
according to the mannerpronH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הַ/זֶּֽהhazeh
thisparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
ℹWords 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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