Genesis
Genesis 42:16
16Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Send | שִׁלְח֨וּ | šil·ḥū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H7971 send |
| one | אֶחָד֮ | ’e·ḥāḏ | Number - masculine singular | H259 one |
| of your number | מִכֶּ֣ם | mik·kem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | |
| to get | וְיִקַּ֣ח | wə·yiq·qaḥ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H3947 take |
| your brother | אֲחִיכֶם֒ | ’ă·ḥî·ḵem | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine plural | H251 brother |
| the rest of you | וְאַתֶּם֙ | wə·’at·tem | Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - second person masculine plural | H859 thou |
| will be confined | הֵאָ֣סְר֔וּ | hê·’ā·sə·rū | Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine plural | H631 tie, bind, imprison |
| so that the truth | הַֽאֱמֶ֖ת | ha·’ĕ·meṯ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H571 firmness, faithfulness, truth |
| of your words | דִּבְרֵיכֶ֔ם | diḇ·rê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H1697 speech, word |
| may be tested | וְיִבָּֽחֲנוּ֙ | wə·yib·bā·ḥă·nū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H974 examine, try |
| If | וְאִם־ | wə·’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| they are untrue | לֹ֕א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| then as surely as Pharaoh | פַרְעֹ֔ה | p̄ar·‘ōh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H6547 Pharaoh |
| lives | חֵ֣י | ḥê | Noun - masculine singular construct | H2416 alive, living |
| you | אַתֶּֽם׃ | ’at·tem | Pronoun - second person masculine plural | H859 thou |
| are spies | מְרַגְּלִ֖ים | mə·rag·gə·lîm | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural | H7270 foot it, go about |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.