Genesis 37:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And 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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֣ם ׀ רְאוּבֵן֮ אַל־תִּשְׁפְּכוּ־דָם֒ הַשְׁלִ֣יכוּ אֹת֗וֹ אֶל־הַבּ֤וֹר הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר וְיָ֖ד אַל־תִּשְׁלְחוּ־ב֑וֹ לְמַ֗עַן הַצִּ֤יל אֹתוֹ֙ מִיָּדָ֔ם לַהֲשִׁיב֖וֹ אֶל־אָבִֽיו׃

Transliteration

And wə-yōʾmer to them rəʾûḇēn: Do not tišpəḵû-dām, hašlîḵû ʾōṯô to-the ha-bbôr ha-zzê which ba-mmidbar, and wə-yāḏ do not tišləḥû-against him; in order to haṣṣîl ʾōṯô from their mî-yāḏām, la-hăšîḇô to-his ʾāḇîw

Grammar Details

• *wə-yōʾmer*: waw-consecutive with imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'and he said'
• *rəʾûḇēn*: proper noun, masculine singular - 'Reuben'
• *tišpəḵû*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine plural - 'you shall shed'
• *dām*: noun, masculine singular - 'blood'
• *hašlîḵû*: hiphil imperative 2nd masculine plural - 'throw/cast'
• *ha-bbôr*: definite article with noun, masculine singular - 'the pit/cistern'
• *ha-zzê*: definite article with demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - 'this'
• *ba-mmidbar*: preposition with definite article and noun, masculine singular - 'in the wilderness'
• *wə-yāḏ*: conjunction with noun, feminine singular - 'and hand'
• *tišləḥû*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine plural - 'you shall send/stretch out'
• *haṣṣîl*: hiphil infinitive construct - 'to deliver'
• *mî-yāḏām*: preposition with noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'from their hand'
• *la-hăšîḇô*: preposition with hiphil infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'to return him'
• *ʾāḇîw*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'his father'

Word Meanings

• *tišpəḵû*-*dām*: shed blood/pour out blood
• *tišləḥû*-*bô*: lay hands on him/stretch out against him
• *haṣṣîl*: deliver/rescue/save

Referenced Verses

• Gen 22:12 : 12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
• 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.
• Exod 24:11 : 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
• Deut 13:9 : 9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
• Matt 27:24 : 24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
• Acts 12:1 : 1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.