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Genesis 44:7 — King James Version← Study notes

And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:


Genesis 44:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 44:712 words
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?
יְדַבֵּרyədabērArrange
אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign
כַּדְּבָרִיםkadəvārîmLike word
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
חָלִילָהḥālîlāhProfaned
לַעֲבָדֶיךָlaʿăvādeyḵāTo servant
מֵעֲשׂוֹתmēʿăśwōtFrom do
כַּדָּבָרkadāvārLike word
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?
יְדַבֵּרyədabērArrange
אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign
כַּדְּבָרִיםkadəvārîmLike word
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
חָלִילָהḥālîlāhProfaned
לַעֲבָדֶיךָlaʿăvādeyḵāTo servant
מֵעֲשׂוֹתmēʿăśwōtFrom do
כַּדָּבָרkadāvārLike word
הַזֶּהhazehThe this

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