Genesis 37:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּרְא֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ מֵרָחֹ֑ק וּבְטֶ֙רֶם֙ יִקְרַ֣ב אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וַיִּֽתְנַכְּל֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ לַהֲמִיתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And wə-yirʾû ʾōṯô from mē-rāḥōq; and û-ḇəṭerem yiqraḇ to them, and wə-yiṯnakkəlû ʾōṯô la-hămîṯô

Grammar Details

• *wə-yirʾû*: waw-consecutive with imperfect 3rd masculine plural - 'and they saw'
• *ʾōṯô*: direct object marker with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'him'
• *mē-rāḥōq*: preposition with noun, masculine singular - 'from afar'
• *û-ḇəṭerem*: conjunction with preposition - 'and before'
• *yiqraḇ*: imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'he came near'
• *wə-yiṯnakkəlû*: waw-consecutive with hitpael imperfect 3rd masculine plural - 'and they conspired'
• *la-hămîṯô*: preposition with hiphil infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'to kill him'

Word Meanings

• *yiṯnakkəlû*: conspired against/plotted against/dealt craftily with

Referenced Verses

• Ps 37:12 : 12 The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
• Ps 37:32 : 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.
• Mark 14:1 : 1 Now after two days was [the feast of] the passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him with subtlety, and kill him:
• Acts 23:12 : 12 And when it was day, {G5100} the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
• John 11:53 : 53 So from that day forth they took counsel that they might put him to death.
• 1 Sam 19:1 : 1 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should slay David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David.
• Ps 31:13 : 13 For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
• Luke 20:14-15 : 14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned one with another, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. 15 And they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
• Ps 94:21 : 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.
• Ps 105:25 : 25 He turned their heart to hate his people, To deal subtly with his servants.
• Ps 109:4 : 4 For my love they are my adversaries: But I [give myself unto] prayer.
• Matt 21:38 : 38 But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.
• Matt 27:1 : 1 Now when morning was come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
• Mark 12:7 : 7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.