Genesis 50:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.”

Genesis 50:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 50:2014 words

וְאַתֶּםwəʾatemAnd thou

חֲשַׁבְתֶּםḥăšavətemPlait

עָלַיʿālayAbove

רָעָהrāʿāhBad

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

חֲשָׁבָהּḥăšāvāhPlait

לְטֹבָהləṭōvāhTo good

לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed

עֲשֹׂהʿăśōhDo

כַּיּוֹםkaywōmLike day

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

לְהַחֲיֹתləhaḥăyōtTo live

עַםʿamPeople

רָבrāvAbundant

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְאַתֶּםwəʾatemAnd thou

חֲשַׁבְתֶּםḥăšavətemPlait

עָלַיʿālayAbove

רָעָהrāʿāhBad

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

חֲשָׁבָהּḥăšāvāhPlait

לְטֹבָהləṭōvāhTo good

לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed

עֲשֹׂהʿăśōhDo

כַּיּוֹםkaywōmLike day

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

לְהַחֲיֹתləhaḥăyōtTo live

עַםʿamPeople

רָבrāvAbundant

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