Genesis 37:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע רְאוּבֵ֔ן וַיַּצִּלֵ֖הוּ מִיָּדָ֑ם וַיֹּ֕אמֶר לֹ֥א נַכֶּ֖נּוּ נָֽפֶשׁ׃

Transliteration

And wə-yišmaʿ rəʾûḇēn and wə-yaṣṣilēhû from their mî-yāḏām; and wə-yōʾmer: Not nakkennû nāp̄eš

Grammar Details

*wə-yišmaʿ*: waw-consecutive with imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'and he heard'
*rəʾûḇēn*: proper noun, masculine singular - 'Reuben'
*wə-yaṣṣilēhû*: waw-consecutive with hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'and he delivered him'
*mî-yāḏām*: preposition with noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'from their hand'
*wə-yōʾmer*: waw-consecutive with imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'and he said'
*nakkennû*: hiphil imperfect 1st common plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'we will strike him'
*nāp̄eš*: noun, feminine singular - 'life/soul/person'

Word Meanings

*yaṣṣilēhû*: rescued him/delivered him/saved him
*nakkennû* *nāp̄eš*: take his life/strike him dead/kill a soul

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Referenced Verses

Gen 42:22 : 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
Josh 10:28 : 28 And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.
Matt 10:28 : 28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Gen 9:5 : 5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
Gen 35:22 : 22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

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22And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
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18And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
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