2 {
"verseID": "Genesis.43.2",
"source": "וַיְהִ֗י כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר כִּלּוּ֙ לֶאֱכֹ֣ל אֶת־הַשֶּׁ֔בֶר אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֵבִ֖יאוּ מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם֙ אֲבִיהֶ֔ם שֻׁ֖בוּ שִׁבְרוּ־לָ֥נוּ מְעַט־אֹֽכֶל׃",
"text": "And *wayəhî* when *killû* to eat *ʾet*-the *šeber* which they *hēbîʾû* from *miṣrayim*; and *wayyōʾmer* to them their *ʾăbîhem*: *šûbû* *šibrû*-for us a little-*ʾōkel*",
"grammar": {
"*wayəhî*": "conjunction + preterite 3rd masculine singular from *hāyâ* - and it came to pass",
"*kaʾăšer*": "conjunction - when/as",
"*killû*": "piel perfect 3rd person plural - they finished/completed",
"*leʾĕkōl*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to eat",
"*ʾet-haššeber*": "direct object marker + definite article + masculine singular noun - the grain/food",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that",
"*hēbîʾû*": "hiphil perfect 3rd person plural - they brought",
"*mimmiṣrayim*": "preposition + proper noun - from Egypt",
"*wayyōʾmer*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*ʾălêhem*": "preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them",
"*ʾăbîhem*": "masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their father",
"*šûbû*": "qal imperative masculine plural - return",
"*šibrû*": "qal imperative masculine plural - buy",
"*lānû*": "preposition + 1st person plural suffix - for us",
"*məʿaṭ-ʾōkel*": "adjective construct + masculine singular noun - little food"
},
"variants": {
"*šeber*": "grain/food/provisions",
"*hēbîʾû*": "brought/carried",
"*šûbû*": "return/go back",
"*šibrû*": "buy/purchase [grain]",
"*ʾōkel*": "food/provisions"
}
}
3 {
"verseID": "Genesis.43.3",
"source": "וַיֹּ֧אמֶר אֵלָ֛יו יְהוּדָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר הָעֵ֣ד הֵעִד֩ בָּ֨נוּ הָאִ֤ישׁ לֵאמֹר֙ לֹֽא־תִרְא֣וּ פָנַ֔י בִּלְתִּ֖י אֲחִיכֶ֥ם אִתְּכֶֽם׃",
"text": "And *wayyōʾmer* to him *yəhûdâ* *lēʾmōr*: *hāʿēd hēʿid* in us the *ʾîš* *lēʾmōr*: not-*tirʾû* my *pānay* *biltî* your *ʾăḥîkem* with you",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōʾmer*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*ʾēlāyw*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him",
"*yəhûdâ*": "proper noun - Judah",
"*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying",
"*hāʿēd hēʿid*": "hiphil infinitive absolute + hiphil perfect 3rd masculine singular - strongly warned/solemnly warned",
"*bānû*": "preposition + 1st person plural suffix - in us/against us",
"*hāʾîš*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the man",
"*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying",
"*lōʾ-tirʾû*": "negative particle + qal imperfect 2nd masculine plural - you shall not see",
"*pānay*": "masculine plural noun construct + 1st person singular suffix - my face",
"*biltî*": "conjunction/preposition - without/except",
"*ʾăḥîkem*": "masculine singular noun + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your brother",
"*ʾittəkem*": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - with you"
},
"variants": {
"*hāʿēd hēʿid*": "solemnly warned/strongly admonished/earnestly testified",
"*bānû*": "against us/among us/in us",
"*pānay*": "my face/my presence",
"*biltî*": "without/except/unless"
}
}
4 {
"verseID": "Genesis.43.4",
"source": "אִם־יֶשְׁךָ֛ מְשַׁלֵּ֥חַ אֶת־אָחִ֖ינוּ אִתָּ֑נוּ נֵרְדָ֕ה וְנִשְׁבְּרָ֥ה לְךָ֖ אֹֽכֶל׃",
"text": "If-*yešəkā* *məšallēaḥ* *ʾet*-our *ʾāḥînû* with us, *nērədâ* and *nišbərâ* for you *ʾōkel*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾim*": "conditional particle - if",
"*yešəkā*": "particle of existence + 2nd masculine singular suffix - you are",
"*məšallēaḥ*": "piel participle masculine singular - sending",
"*ʾet-ʾāḥînû*": "direct object marker + masculine singular noun + 1st person plural suffix - our brother",
"*ʾittānû*": "preposition + 1st person plural suffix - with us",
"*nērədâ*": "qal cohortative 1st person plural - let us go down",
"*wənišbərâ*": "conjunction + qal cohortative 1st person plural - and let us buy",
"*ləkā*": "preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - for you",
"*ʾōkel*": "masculine singular noun - food"
},
"variants": {
"*məšallēaḥ*": "sending/letting go",
"*nērədâ*": "let us go down/descend",
"*nišbərâ*": "let us buy/purchase [grain]",
"*ʾōkel*": "food/provisions"
}
}
5 {
"verseID": "Genesis.43.5",
"source": "וְאִם־אֵינְךָ֥ מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ לֹ֣א נֵרֵ֑ד כִּֽי־הָאִ֞ישׁ אָמַ֤ר אֵלֵ֙ינוּ֙ לֹֽא־תִרְא֣וּ פָנַ֔י בִּלְתִּ֖י אֲחִיכֶ֥ם אִתְּכֶֽם׃",
"text": "And if-*ʾênəkā* *məšallēaḥ* not *nērēd*; for-the *ʾîš* *ʾāmar* to us not-*tirʾû* my *pānay* *biltî* your *ʾăḥîkem* with you",
"grammar": {
"*wəʾim*": "conjunction + conditional particle - and if",
"*ʾênəkā*": "particle of negation + 2nd masculine singular suffix - you are not",
"*məšallēaḥ*": "piel participle masculine singular - sending",
"*lōʾ nērēd*": "negative particle + qal imperfect 1st person plural - we will not go down",
"*kî-hāʾîš*": "conjunction + definite article + masculine singular noun - for the man",
"*ʾāmar*": "qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he said",
"*ʾēlênû*": "preposition + 1st person plural suffix - to us",
"*lōʾ-tirʾû*": "negative particle + qal imperfect 2nd masculine plural - you shall not see",
"*pānay*": "masculine plural noun construct + 1st person singular suffix - my face",
"*biltî*": "conjunction/preposition - without/except",
"*ʾăḥîkem*": "masculine singular noun + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your brother",
"*ʾittəkem*": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - with you"
},
"variants": {
"*məšallēaḥ*": "sending/letting go",
"*nērēd*": "go down/descend",
"*pānay*": "my face/my presence",
"*biltî*": "without/except/unless"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "Genesis.43.6",
"source": "וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לָמָ֥ה הֲרֵעֹתֶ֖ם לִ֑י לְהַגִּ֣יד לָאִ֔ישׁ הַע֥וֹד לָכֶ֖ם אָֽח׃",
"text": "And *wayyōʾmer* *yiśrāʾēl*: *lāmâ* *hărēʿōtem* to me, to *ləhaggîd* to the *ʾîš* *haʿôd* to you *ʾāḥ*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōʾmer*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*lāmâ*": "interrogative preposition - why",
"*hărēʿōtem*": "hiphil perfect 2nd masculine plural - you have done evil/harmed",
"*lî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to me",
"*ləhaggîd*": "preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to tell",
"*lāʾîš*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - to the man",
"*haʿôd*": "interrogative particle + adverb - whether still",
"*lākem*": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - to you",
"*ʾāḥ*": "masculine singular noun - brother"
},
"variants": {
"*hărēʿōtem*": "you did evil to/you harmed/you treated badly",
"*ləhaggîd*": "to tell/to declare/to inform",
"*haʿôd*": "whether still/is there still"
}
}
7 {
"verseID": "Genesis.43.7",
"source": "וַיֹּאמְר֡וּ שָׁא֣וֹל שָֽׁאַל־הָ֠אִישׁ לָ֣נוּ וּלְמֽוֹלַדְתֵּ֜נוּ לֵאמֹ֗ר הַע֨וֹד אֲבִיכֶ֥ם חַי֙ הֲיֵ֣שׁ לָכֶ֣ם אָ֔ח וַנַ֨גֶּד־ל֔וֹ עַל־פִּ֖י הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה הֲיָד֣וֹעַ נֵדַ֔ע כִּ֣י יֹאמַ֔ר הוֹרִ֖ידוּ אֶת־אֲחִיכֶֽם׃",
"text": "And *wayyōʾmərû* *šāʾôl šāʾal*-the *ʾîš* about us and about our *môladtēnû* *lēʾmōr*: *haʿôd* your *ʾăbîkem* *ḥay* *hăyēš* to you *ʾāḥ*; and *wannagged*-to him according to-*pî* the *dəbārîm* the *ʾēlleh*. *hăyādôaʿ nēdaʿ* that he would *yōʾmar*: *hôrîdû* *ʾet*-your *ʾăḥîkem*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōʾmərû*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they said",
"*šāʾôl šāʾal*": "qal infinitive absolute + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he surely asked",
"*hāʾîš*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the man",
"*lānû*": "preposition + 1st person plural suffix - about us",
"*ûləmôladtēnû*": "conjunction + preposition + feminine singular noun + 1st person plural suffix - and about our birth/family",
"*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying",
"*haʿôd*": "interrogative particle + adverb - is still",
"*ʾăbîkem*": "masculine singular noun + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your father",
"*ḥay*": "adjective masculine singular - alive",
"*hăyēš*": "interrogative particle + particle of existence - is there",
"*lākem*": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - to you",
"*ʾāḥ*": "masculine singular noun - brother",
"*wannagged*": "conjunction + hiphil imperfect 1st person plural - and we told",
"*lô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him",
"*ʿal-pî*": "preposition + construct form of masculine noun - according to",
"*haddəbārîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the words",
"*hāʾēlleh*": "definite article + demonstrative plural adjective - these",
"*hăyādôaʿ nēdaʿ*": "interrogative particle + qal infinitive absolute + qal imperfect 1st person plural - could we possibly know",
"*kî*": "conjunction - that",
"*yōʾmar*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he would say",
"*hôrîdû*": "hiphil imperative masculine plural - bring down",
"*ʾet-ʾăḥîkem*": "direct object marker + masculine singular noun + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your brother"
},
"variants": {
"*šāʾôl šāʾal*": "surely asked/thoroughly inquired/strictly questioned",
"*môladtēnû*": "our birth/our kindred/our family",
"*haʿôd*": "is still/does still",
"*ḥay*": "alive/living",
"*hăyēš*": "is there/do you have",
"*ʿal-pî*": "according to/by the mouth of/as directed by",
"*hăyādôaʿ nēdaʿ*": "could we possibly know/how could we have known",
"*hôrîdû*": "bring down/take down"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Genesis.43.8",
"source": "וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוּדָ֜ה אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל אָבִ֗יו שִׁלְחָ֥ה הַנַּ֛עַר אִתִּ֖י וְנָק֣וּמָה וְנֵלֵ֑כָה וְנִֽחְיֶה֙ וְלֹ֣א נָמ֔וּת גַּם־אֲנַ֥חְנוּ גַם־אַתָּ֖ה גַּם־טַפֵּֽנוּ׃",
"text": "And *wayyōʾmer* *yəhûdâ* to-*yiśrāʾēl* his *ʾābîw*: *šilḥâ* the *naʿar* with me and *wənāqûmâ* and *wənēlēkâ* and *wəniḥyeh* and not *nāmût*, also-we also-you also-our *ṭappēnû*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōʾmer*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*yəhûdâ*": "proper noun - Judah",
"*ʾel-yiśrāʾēl*": "preposition + proper noun - to Israel",
"*ʾābîw*": "masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his father",
"*šilḥâ*": "qal imperative masculine singular + paragogic he - send",
"*hannaʿar*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the young man/lad",
"*ʾittî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - with me",
"*wənāqûmâ*": "conjunction + qal cohortative 1st person plural - and let us arise",
"*wənēlēkâ*": "conjunction + qal cohortative 1st person plural - and let us go",
"*wəniḥyeh*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 1st person plural - and we will live",
"*wəlōʾ nāmût*": "conjunction + negative particle + qal imperfect 1st person plural - and we will not die",
"*gam-ʾănaḥnû*": "adverb + 1st person plural pronoun - also we",
"*gam-ʾattâ*": "adverb + 2nd masculine singular pronoun - also you",
"*gam-ṭappēnû*": "adverb + masculine singular noun + 1st person plural suffix - also our little ones"
},
"variants": {
"*naʿar*": "young man/lad/boy/servant",
"*šilḥâ*": "send/let go",
"*nāqûmâ*": "let us arise/stand up",
"*nēlēkâ*": "let us go/walk/travel",
"*niḥyeh*": "we will live/survive",
"*ṭappēnû*": "our little ones/our children/our families"
}
}