Genesis 50:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּרְא֤וּ אֲחֵֽי־יוֹסֵף֙ כִּי־מֵ֣ת אֲבִיהֶ֔ם וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ ל֥וּ יִשְׂטְמֵ֖נוּ יוֹסֵ֑ף וְהָשֵׁ֤ב יָשִׁיב֙ לָ֔נוּ אֵ֚ת כָּל־הָ֣רָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר גָּמַ֖לְנוּ אֹתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

Wa-yirʾû ʾăḥê-Yôsēp̱ that-mēṯ ʾăḇîhem wa-yōʾmrû if yiśṭəmēnû Yôsēp̱ and-hāšēḇ yāšîḇ to-us ʾēṯ all-hā-rāʿāh which gāmalnû ʾōṯô

Grammar Details

• *Wa-yirʾû*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they saw
• *ʾăḥê*: masculine plural construct - brothers of
• *Yôsēp̱*: proper noun - Joseph
• *mēṯ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he died
• *ʾăḇîhem*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their father
• *wa-yōʾmrû*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they said
• *yiśṭəmēnû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 1st common plural suffix - he will hate us
• *hāšēḇ*: hiphil infinitive absolute - returning
• *yāšîḇ*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will return/repay
• *hā-rāʿāh*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the evil
• *gāmalnû*: qal perfect, 1st common plural - we did/repaid
• *ʾōṯô*: direct object marker with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him

Word Meanings

• *yiśṭəmēnû*: hate us/bear a grudge against us
• *hāšēḇ yāšîḇ*: surely repay/certainly return
• *gāmalnû*: did/repaid/dealt with

Referenced Verses

• Prov 28:1 : 1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
• Gen 27:41-42 : 41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. 42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
• Gen 37:28 : 28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
• Gen 42:17 : 17 And he put them all together into ward three days.
• Gen 42:21-22 : 21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. 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.
• Lev 26:36 : 36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
• Job 15:21-22 : 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
• Ps 14:5 : 5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
• Ps 53:5 : 5 There were they in great fear{H8804)}, where no fear was: for God hath scattered{H8765)} the bones of him that encampeth{H8802)} against thee: thou hast put them to shame{H8689)}, because God hath despised{H8804)} them.
• Rom 2:15 : 15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)