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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 45:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 45:317 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
אֶלʾelNear
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
אֲנִיʾănîI
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
הַעוֹדhaʿwōdIteration
אָבִיʾāvîFather
חָיḥāyAlive
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָכְלוּyāḵəlûBe able
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
לַעֲנוֹתlaʿănwōtTo eye
אֹתוֹʾōtwō
כִּיRelative conjunction
נִבְהֲלוּnivəhălûTremble
מִפָּנָיוmipānāywFrom face
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
אֶלʾelNear
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
אֲנִיʾănîI
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
הַעוֹדhaʿwōdIteration
אָבִיʾāvîFather
חָיḥāyAlive
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָכְלוּyāḵəlûBe able
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
לַעֲנוֹתlaʿănwōtTo eye
אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)
כִּיRelative conjunction
נִבְהֲלוּnivəhălûTremble
מִפָּנָיוmipānāywFrom face

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