19 {
"verseID": "Genesis.44.19",
"source": "אֲדֹנִ֣י שָׁאַ֔ל אֶת־עֲבָדָ֖יו לֵאמֹ֑ר הֲיֵשׁ־לָכֶ֥ם אָ֖ב אוֹ־אָֽח׃",
"text": "My lord *ʾădōnî* *šāʾal* *ʾet*-his servants *ʿăbādāyw* *lēʾmōr* have *hăyēš*-you *lākem* a father *ʾāb* or *ʾô*-a brother *ʾāḥ*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾădōnî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my lord",
"*šāʾal*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - asked",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*ʿăbādāyw*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his servants",
"*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying",
"*hăyēš*": "interrogative + existential particle - is there",
"*lākem*": "preposition with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - to you",
"*ʾāb*": "masculine singular noun - a father",
"*ʾô*": "conjunction - or",
"*ʾāḥ*": "masculine singular noun - a brother"
},
"variants": {
"*šāʾal*": "asked/inquired/questioned",
"*ʿăbādāyw*": "his servants/his slaves",
"*lēʾmōr*": "saying/by saying",
"*hăyēš*": "do you have/is there to you"
}
}
20 {
"verseID": "Genesis.44.20",
"source": "וַנֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־אֲדֹנִ֔י יֶשׁ־לָ֙נוּ֙ אָ֣ב זָקֵ֔ן וְיֶ֥לֶד זְקֻנִ֖ים קָטָ֑ן וְאָחִ֨יו מֵ֜ת וַיִּוָּתֵ֨ר ה֧וּא לְבַדּ֛וֹ לְאִמּ֖וֹ וְאָבִ֥יו אֲהֵבֽוֹ׃",
"text": "And *wannōʾmer* to *ʾel*-my lord *ʾădōnî* we have *yeš*-*lānû* a father *ʾāb* *zāqēn* and a child *wəyeled* of *zəqunîm* *qāṭān* and his brother *wəʾāḥîw* is dead *mēt* and *wayyiwwātēr* he *hûʾ* alone *ləbaddô* to his mother *ləʾimmô* and his father *wəʾābîw* loves *ʾăhēbô* him",
"grammar": {
"*wannōʾmer*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 1st person common plural - and we said",
"*ʾel*": "preposition - to",
"*ʾădōnî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my lord",
"*yeš*": "existential particle - there is",
"*lānû*": "preposition with 1st person common plural suffix - to us",
"*ʾāb*": "masculine singular noun - a father",
"*zāqēn*": "masculine singular adjective - old",
"*wəyeled*": "waw-conjunction + masculine singular noun - and a child",
"*zəqunîm*": "masculine plural noun - old age",
"*qāṭān*": "masculine singular adjective - small/young",
"*wəʾāḥîw*": "waw-conjunction + masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his brother",
"*mēt*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is dead",
"*wayyiwwātēr*": "waw-consecutive + Niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he was left",
"*hûʾ*": "3rd person masculine singular pronoun - he",
"*ləbaddô*": "preposition + masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - by himself",
"*ləʾimmô*": "preposition + feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to his mother",
"*wəʾābîw*": "waw-conjunction + masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his father",
"*ʾăhēbô*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - loves him"
},
"variants": {
"*zāqēn*": "old/aged/elderly",
"*yeled zəqunîm*": "child of old age/son of his old age/child born in his old age",
"*qāṭān*": "small/young/little",
"*mēt*": "is dead/has died/is deceased",
"*wayyiwwātēr*": "was left/remained",
"*ləbaddô*": "alone/by himself/only",
"*ʾăhēbô*": "loves him/loves/is fond of him"
}
}
21 {
"verseID": "Genesis.44.21",
"source": "וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ הוֹרִדֻ֖הוּ אֵלָ֑י וְאָשִׂ֥ימָה עֵינִ֖י עָלָֽיו׃",
"text": "And *wattōʾmer* to *ʾel*-your servants *ʿăbādeykā* bring him down *hôrīduhû* to me *ʾēlāy* and let me set *wəʾāśîmâ* my eye *ʿênî* upon him *ʿālāyw*",
"grammar": {
"*wattōʾmer*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you said",
"*ʾel*": "preposition - to",
"*ʿăbādeykā*": "masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servants",
"*hôrīduhû*": "Hiphil imperative, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - bring him down",
"*ʾēlāy*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me",
"*wəʾāśîmâ*": "waw-conjunction + Qal cohortative, 1st person singular - and let me set",
"*ʿênî*": "feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my eye",
"*ʿālāyw*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - upon him"
},
"variants": {
"*wattōʾmer*": "and you said/and you told",
"*ʿăbādeykā*": "your servants/your slaves",
"*hôrīduhû*": "bring him down/bring him/have him come down",
"*wəʾāśîmâ ʿênî ʿālāyw*": "that I may set my eye upon him/that I may see him/that I may look upon him"
}
}