Genesis 50:17 — King James Version← Study notes
“So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.”
Genesis 50:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 50:1723 words
כֹּהkōhLike this
תֹאמְרוּtōʾmərûSay
לְיוֹסֵףləywōsēp̄To Joseph
אָנָּאʾānāʾOh now!
שָׂאśāʾLift
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
פֶּשַׁעpešaʿRevolt
אַחֶיךָʾaḥeyḵāBrother
וְחַטָּאתָםwəḥaṭāʾtāmAnd offence
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
רָעָהrāʿāhBad
גְמָלוּךָgəmālûḵāTreat
וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
שָׂאśāʾLift
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
לְפֶשַׁעləp̄ešaʿTo revolt
עַבְדֵיʿavədêServant
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
אָבִיךָʾāvîḵāFather
וַיֵּבְךְּwayēvəkəAnd weep
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
בְּדַבְּרָםbədabərāmIn arrange
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
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