Genesis
Genesis 43:6
6“Why did you bring this trouble upon me?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man you had another brother?”
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why | לָמָ֥ה | lā·māh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| did you bring this trouble | הֲרֵעֹתֶ֖ם | hă·rê·‘ō·ṯem | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine plural | H7489 be evil, bad |
| upon me | לִ֑י | lî | Preposition; first person common singular | |
| Israel | יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yiś·rā·’êl | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3478 Israel |
| asked | וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Why did you tell | לְהַגִּ֣יד | lə·hag·gîḏ | Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | H5046 be conspicuous |
| the man | לָאִ֔ישׁ | lā·’îš | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| you had another | הַע֥וֹד | ha·‘ō·wḏ | Adverb | H5750 a going round, continuance |
| brother | אָֽח׃ | ’āḥ | Noun - masculine singular | H251 brother |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.