Genesis 44:6

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{ "verseID": "Genesis.44.6", "source": "וַֽיַּשִּׂגֵ֑ם וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃", "text": "And *wayyaśśigēm* and *wayədabbēr* to *ʾălēhem* *ʾet*-the *haddəbārîm* the *hāʾēlleh*", "grammar": { "*wayyaśśigēm*": "waw-consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and he overtook them", "*wayədabbēr*": "waw-consecutive + Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he spoke", "*ʾălēhem*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to them", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*haddəbārîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the words", "*hāʾēlleh*": "definite article + demonstrative adjective, common plural - these" }, "variants": { "*wayyaśśigēm*": "and he overtook them/and he caught up to them/and he reached them", "*wayədabbēr*": "and he spoke/and he said/and he told", "*haddəbārîm*": "the words/the things/the matters" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַֽיַּשִּׂגֵ֑ם וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

Transliteration

And wayyaśśigēm and wayədabbēr to ʾălēhem ʾet-the haddəbārîm the hāʾēlleh

Grammar Details

• *wayyaśśigēm*: waw-consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and he overtook them
• *wayədabbēr*: waw-consecutive + Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he spoke
• *ʾălēhem*: preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to them
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *haddəbārîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the words
• *hāʾēlleh*: definite article + demonstrative adjective, common plural - these

Word Meanings

• *wayyaśśigēm*: and he overtook them/and he caught up to them/and he reached them
• *wayədabbēr*: and he spoke/and he said/and he told
• *haddəbārîm*: the words/the things/the matters

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When the steward caught up to them, he said these words to them.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And he overtook them, and he spoke to them these same words.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these words.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And he ouertoke them and sayde the same wordes vnto them.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And whan he had ouertaken them, he sayde the same wordes vnto them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when he ouertooke them, he sayde those wordes vnto them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And when he ouertoke them, he sayd the same wordes vnto them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He overtook them, and he spoke to them these words.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he overtaketh them, and speaketh unto them these words,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these words.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these words.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So he overtook them and said these words to them.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When the man overtook them, he spoke these words to them.