Genesis

Genesis 42:9

⁹Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Joseph	יוֹסֵ֔ף	yō·w·sêp̄	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3130 Joseph
remembered	וַיִּזְכֹּ֣ר	way·yiz·kōr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2142 remember
his dreams	הַחֲלֹמ֔וֹת	ha·ḥă·lō·mō·wṯ	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H2472 dream
about them	לָהֶ֑ם	lā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural
and said	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
You	אַתֶּ֔ם	’at·tem	Pronoun - second person masculine plural	H859 thou
are spies	מְרַגְּלִ֣ים	mə·rag·gə·lîm	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural	H7270 foot it, go about
You have come	בָּאתֶֽם׃	bā·ṯem	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to see	לִרְא֛וֹת	lir·’ō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7200 see
if our land	הָאָ֖רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
vulnerable	עֶרְוַ֥ת	‘er·waṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H6172 nakedness, pudenda

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.