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Genesis 45:5 — King James Version← Study notes

Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.


Genesis 45:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 45:515 words
וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
אַלʾalNot
תֵּעָצְבוּtēʿāṣəvûCarve
וְאַלwəʾalAnd not
יִחַרyiḥarGlow
בְּעֵינֵיכֶםbəʿênêḵemIn eye
כִּיRelative conjunction
מְכַרְתֶּםməḵarətemSell
אֹתִיʾōtî
הֵנָּהhēnāhHither
כִּיRelative conjunction
לְמִחְיָהləmiḥəyāhTo preservation of life
שְׁלָחַנִיšəlāḥanîSend
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
לִפְנֵיכֶםlip̄ənêḵemTo face
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
אַלʾalNot
תֵּעָצְבוּtēʿāṣəvûCarve
וְאַלwəʾalAnd not
יִחַרyiḥarGlow
בְּעֵינֵיכֶםbəʿênêḵemIn eye
כִּיRelative conjunction
מְכַרְתֶּםməḵarətemSell
אֹתִיʾōtîdirect object marker (no translation)
הֵנָּהhēnāhHither
כִּיRelative conjunction
לְמִחְיָהləmiḥəyāhTo preservation of life
שְׁלָחַנִיšəlāḥanîSend
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
לִפְנֵיכֶםlip̄ənêḵemTo face

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