Genesis 43:10

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{ "verseID": "Genesis.43.10", "source": "כִּ֖י לוּלֵ֣א הִתְמַהְמָ֑הְנוּ כִּֽי־עַתָּ֥ה שַׁ֖בְנוּ זֶ֥ה פַעֲמָֽיִם׃", "text": "For *lûlēʾ* *hitmahməhāhənû*, for-now *šabnû* this *paʿămāyim*", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for", "*lûlēʾ*": "conjunction - if not/except", "*hitmahməhāhənû*": "hithpael perfect 1st person plural - we had delayed", "*kî-ʿattâ*": "conjunction + adverb - for now", "*šabnû*": "qal perfect 1st person plural - we would have returned", "*zeh*": "demonstrative pronoun - this", "*paʿămāyim*": "feminine dual noun - twice" }, "variants": { "*lûlēʾ*": "if not/except/unless", "*hitmahməhāhənû*": "we had delayed/we had lingered/we had tarried", "*šabnû*": "we would have returned/we would have come back" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֖י לוּלֵ֣א הִתְמַהְמָ֑הְנוּ כִּֽי־עַתָּ֥ה שַׁ֖בְנוּ זֶ֥ה פַעֲמָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

For lûlēʾ hitmahməhāhənû, for-now šabnû this paʿămāyim

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for
• *lûlēʾ*: conjunction - if not/except
• *hitmahməhāhənû*: hithpael perfect 1st person plural - we had delayed
• *kî-ʿattâ*: conjunction + adverb - for now
• *šabnû*: qal perfect 1st person plural - we would have returned
• *zeh*: demonstrative pronoun - this
• *paʿămāyim*: feminine dual noun - twice

Word Meanings

• *lûlēʾ*: if not/except/unless
• *hitmahməhāhənû*: we had delayed/we had lingered/we had tarried
• *šabnû*: we would have returned/we would have come back

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  If we had not delayed, we could have gone and returned twice by now.”

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For except we had linred, surely now we had returned this second time.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For if we had not delayed, surely by now we would have returned this second time.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  for except{H3884} we had lingered,{H4102} surely we had now returned{H7725} a second time.{H6471}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For except{H3884} we had lingered{H4102}{(H8701)}, surely now we had returned{H7725}{(H8804)} this second time{H6471}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For except we had made this tarieg: by this we had bene there twyse and come agayne.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For yf we had not made this tarienge, we had now bene come agayne twyse.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For except we had made this tarying, doutlesse by this we had returned the second time.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Truely except we had made this tarying, by this we had returned the seconde tyme.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  for unless we had lingered, surely we would have returned a second time by now."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for if we had not lingered, surely now we had returned these two times.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  for except we had lingered, surely we had now returned a second time.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  for except we had lingered, surely we had now returned a second time.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then their father Israel said to them, If it has to be so, then do this: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels to give the man, perfumes and honey and spices and nuts:

• World English Bible (2000)

  for if we hadn't delayed, surely we would have returned a second time by now."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But if we had not delayed, we could have traveled there and back twice by now!”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 19:16 : 16 { "verseID": "Genesis.19.16", "source": "וֽ͏ַיִּתְמַהְמָ֓הּ ׀ וַיַּחֲזִ֨קוּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֜ים בְּיָד֣וֹ וּבְיַד־אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ וּבְיַד֙ שְׁתֵּ֣י בְנֹתָ֔יו בְּחֶמְלַ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה עָלָ֑יו וַיֹּצִאֻ֥הוּ וַיַּנִּחֻ֖הוּ מִח֥וּץ לָעִֽיר׃", "text": "wə-*yitmahməhāh* and *yaḥaziqu* the *ʾanāšîm* in *yad*-his and in *yad*-*ʾištô* and in *yad* *štêy bənōtāyw* in *ḥemlat YHWH* upon-him and *yōṣiʾuhu* and *yanniḥuhū* from outside to-the-*ʿîr*", "grammar": { "*yitmahməhāh*": "Hitpael imperfect 3rd singular masculine - he lingered/delayed/hesitated", "*yaḥaziqu*": "Hiphil imperfect 3rd plural - they seized/took hold", "*ʾanāšîm*": "masculine plural noun with definite article - the men", "*yad*": "feminine singular construct - hand of", "*ʾištô*": "feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - his wife", "*štêy bənōtāyw*": "construct state 'two of' with feminine plural noun and 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - his two daughters", "*ḥemlat*": "construct state feminine singular - compassion/mercy of", "YHWH": "divine name - Yahweh/the LORD", "*yōṣiʾuhu*": "Hiphil imperfect 3rd plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - they brought him out", "*yanniḥuhū*": "Hiphil imperfect 3rd plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - they set/placed him", "*ʿîr*": "feminine singular noun with definite article - the city" }, "variants": { "*yitmahməhāh*": "lingered/delayed/hesitated/tarried", "*yaḥaziqu*": "seized/took hold/grasped firmly", "*ḥemlat*": "compassion/mercy/pity", "*yōṣiʾuhu*": "brought him out/led him out/caused him to go out", "*yanniḥuhū*": "set him/placed him/left him/deposited him" } }