Genesis 50:15 — King James Version← Study notes

“And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.”

Genesis 50:15 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 50:1519 words

וַיִּרְאוּwayirəʾûAnd see

אֲחֵיʾăḥêBrother

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

מֵתmētDie

אֲבִיהֶםʾăvîhemFather

וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say

לוּlûIf

יִשְׂטְמֵנוּyiśəṭəmēnûLurk for

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

וְהָשֵׁבwəhāšēvAnd turn

יָשִׁיבyāšîvTurn

לָנוּlānûTo

אֵתʾēt—

כָּלkālWhole

הָרָעָהhārāʿāhThe bad

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

גָּמַלְנוּgāmalənûTreat

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּרְאוּwayirəʾûAnd see

אֲחֵיʾăḥêBrother

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

מֵתmētDie

אֲבִיהֶםʾăvîhemFather

וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say

לוּlûIf

יִשְׂטְמֵנוּyiśəṭəmēnûLurk for

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

וְהָשֵׁבwəhāšēvAnd turn

יָשִׁיבyāšîvTurn

לָנוּlānûTo

אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

הָרָעָהhārāʿāhThe bad

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

גָּמַלְנוּgāmalənûTreat

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

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