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Genesis 45:28 — King James Version← Study notes

And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.


Genesis 45:28Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 45:2811 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
רַבravAbundant
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
בְּנִיbənîSon
חָיḥāyAlive
אֵלְכָהʾēləḵāhWalk
וְאֶרְאֶנּוּwəʾerəʾenûAnd see
בְּטֶרֶםbəṭeremIn non-occurrence
אָמוּתʾāmûtDie
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
רַבravAbundant
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
בְּנִיbənîSon
חָיḥāyAlive
אֵלְכָהʾēləḵāhWalk
וְאֶרְאֶנּוּwəʾerəʾenûAnd see
בְּטֶרֶםbəṭeremIn non-occurrence
אָמוּתʾāmûtDie

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