Genesis 45:3 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.”
Genesis 45:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 45:317 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
אֶלʾelNear
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
אֲנִיʾănîI
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
הַעוֹדhaʿwōdIteration
אָבִיʾāvîFather
חָיḥāyAlive
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָכְלוּyāḵəlûBe able
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
לַעֲנוֹתlaʿănwōtTo eye
אֹתוֹʾōtwō—
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
נִבְהֲלוּnivəhălûTremble
מִפָּנָיוmipānāywFrom face
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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