Genesis 42:9

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

And Ioseph remembred his dreames which he dreamed of them and sayde vnto them: ye are spies and to se where the lande is weake is youre comynge.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּזְכֹּ֣ר יוֹסֵ֔ף אֵ֚ת הַחֲלֹמ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָלַ֖ם לָהֶ֑ם וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ מְרַגְּלִ֣ים אַתֶּ֔ם לִרְא֛וֹת אֶת־עֶרְוַ֥ת הָאָ֖רֶץ בָּאתֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And wayyizkōr yôsēp ʾēt haḥălōmôt which ḥālam for-them, and wayyōʾmer to-them: mĕraggĕlîm you, to-lirʾôt ʾet-ʿerwat hāʾāreṣ bāʾtem.

Grammar Details

• *wayyizkōr*: waw-consecutive qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he remembered
• *yôsēp*: proper noun, masculine singular - Joseph
• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• *haḥălōmôt*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the dreams
• *ḥālam*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he dreamed
• *wayyōʾmer*: waw-consecutive qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *mĕraggĕlîm*: piel participle, masculine plural - spies
• *lirʾôt*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to see
• *ʿerwat*: noun, feminine singular construct - nakedness of
• *hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land
• *bāʾtem*: qal perfect, 2nd masculine plural - you have come

Word Meanings

• *mĕraggĕlîm*: spies/scouts
• *ʿerwat*: nakedness/vulnerability/weakness

Referenced Verses

• Gen 37:5-9 : 5 Moreouer Ioseph dreamed a dreawe and tolde it his brethren: wherfore they hated him yet the more. 6 And he sayde vnto them heare I praye yow this dreame which I haue dreamed: 7 Beholde we were makynge sheues in the felde: and loo my shefe arose and stode vpright and youres stode rounde aboute and made obeysaunce to my shefe. 8 Than sayde his brethren vnto him: what shalt thou be oure kynge or shalt thou reigne ouer us? And they hated hi yet the more because of his dreame and of his wordes. 9 And he dreamed yet another dreame and told it his brethren saynge: beholde I haue had one dreame more: me thought the sonne and the moone and.xi. starres made obaysaunce to me.
• Gen 42:16 : 16 Sende therfore one off you and lett him fett youre brother and ye shalbe in preason in the meane season. And thereby shall youre wordes be proued whether there be any trueth in you: or els by the lyfe of Pharao ye are but spies.
• Gen 42:30-31 : 30 The LORde of the lade spake rughly to us and toke us for spyes to serche the countte. 31 And we sayde vnto him: we meane truely and are no spies.
• Gen 42:34 : 34 and brynge youre yongest brother vnto me And thereby shall I knowe that ye are no spyes but meane truely: So will I delyuer you youre brother agayne and ye shall occupie in the lande.
• Exod 32:35 : 35 And the Lorde plaged the people, because they made the calfe which Aaron made.
• Num 13:2 : 2 Sende men out to serche the londe of Canaan which I geue vnto the childern of Israel: of euery trybe of their fathers a man and let them all be soche as are melars amonge them.
• Num 13:16-20 : 16 These are the names of the men whiche Moses sent to spie out the londe. And Moses called the name of Hosea the sonne of Nun Iosua. 17 And Moses sent them forth to spie out the lande of Canaan and sayed vnto them: get you southwarde and goo vpp in to the hye contre 18 and see the londe what maner thynge it is ad the people that dwelleth therein: whether they be stronge or weke ether fewe or many 19 and what the londe is that they dwell in whether it be good or bad and what maner of cities they dwell in: whether they dwell in tentes or walled townes 20 ad what maner of londe it is: whether it be fatt or leane and whether there be trees therein or not. And be of a good corage and brynge of the frutes of the londe. And it was aboute the tyme that grapes are first rype.
• Luke 20:20 : 20 And they watched him and sent forth spies which shuld fayne them selves perfecte to take him in his wordes and to delyvre him vnto the power and auctorite of the debite.
• Heb 11:31 : 31 By fayth ye harlot Raab perisshed not with the vnbelevers whe she had receaved the spyes to lodgynge peaseably.