Genesis

Genesis 37:18

¹⁸Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Now	וַיִּרְא֥וּ	way·yir·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7200 see
him	אֹת֖וֹ	’ō·ṯōw	Direct object marker; third person masculine singular	H853 mark of the accusative
in the distance	מֵרָחֹ֑ק	mê·rā·ḥōq	Preposition-m; Adjective - masculine singular	H7350 distant, far
and before	וּבְטֶ֙רֶם֙	ū·ḇə·ṭe·rem	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Adverb	H2962 not yet, ere, before that
he arrived	יִקְרַ֣ב	yiq·raḇ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7126 come near, approach
they plotted	וַיִּֽתְנַכְּל֥וּ	way·yiṯ·nak·kə·lū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5230 be crafty, deceitful, knavish
to kill him	לַהֲמִיתֽוֹ׃	la·hă·mî·ṯōw	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular	H4191 die

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