Genesis 37:35

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּקֻמוּ֩ כָל־בָּנָ֨יו וְכָל־בְּנֹתָ֜יו לְנַחֲמ֗וֹ וַיְמָאֵן֙ לְהִתְנַחֵ֔ם וַיֹּ֕אמֶר כִּֽי־אֵרֵ֧ד אֶל־בְּנִ֛י אָבֵ֖ל שְׁאֹ֑לָה וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ אֹת֖וֹ אָבִֽיו׃

Transliteration

And wə-yāqumû all-his kāl-bānāyw and all-his wə-ḵāl-bənōṯāyw lə-naḥămô, and wə-yəmāʾēn lə-hiṯnaḥēm and wə-yōʾmer: For kî-I will go down ʾērēḏ to-my ʾel-bənî ʾāḇēl šəʾōlâ; and wə-yēḇək ʾōṯô his ʾāḇîw

Grammar Details

• *wə-yāqumû*: waw-consecutive with qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - 'and they arose'
• *kāl-bānāyw*: noun, masculine singular construct with noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'all his sons'
• *wə-ḵāl-bənōṯāyw*: conjunction with noun, masculine singular construct with noun, feminine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'and all his daughters'
• *lə-naḥămô*: preposition with piel infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'to comfort him'
• *wə-yəmāʾēn*: waw-consecutive with piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'and he refused'
• *lə-hiṯnaḥēm*: preposition with hitpael infinitive construct - 'to be comforted'
• *wə-yōʾmer*: waw-consecutive with imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'and he said'
• *kî*: conjunction - 'for/because'
• *ʾērēḏ*: qal imperfect 1st common singular - 'I will go down'
• *ʾel-bənî*: preposition with noun, masculine singular with 1st common singular suffix - 'to my son'
• *ʾāḇēl*: adjective, masculine singular - 'mourning'
• *šəʾōlâ*: noun, feminine singular with directional heh - 'to Sheol'
• *wə-yēḇək*: waw-consecutive with qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'and he wept'
• *ʾōṯô*: direct object marker with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'for him'
• *ʾāḇîw*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'his father'

Word Meanings

• *šəʾōlâ*: to Sheol/to the grave/to the realm of the dead
• *ʾāḇēl*: mourning/in mourning/grieving

Referenced Verses

• Gen 42:38 : 38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
• 2 Sam 12:17 : 17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
• Job 2:11 : 11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
• Ps 77:2 : 2 In the day of my trouble I sought{H8804)} the Lord: my sore ran{H8738)} in the night, and ceased{H8799)} not: my soul refused{H8765)} to be comforted{H8736)}.
• Jer 31:15 : 15 Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
• Gen 44:29-31 : 29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. 30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life; 31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
• Gen 45:28 : 28 And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
• Gen 31:43 : 43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
• Gen 35:22-26 : 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: 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
• Gen 42:31 : 31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: