Genesis

Genesis 43:8

⁸And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die— neither we, nor you, nor our children.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And Judah	יְהוּדָ֜ה	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
said	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
his father	אָבִ֗יו	’ā·ḇîw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1 father
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
Send	שִׁלְחָ֥ה	šil·ḥāh	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H7971 send
the boy	הַנַּ֛עַר	han·na·‘ar	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5288 a shaking, scattering
with me	אִתִּ֖י	’it·tî	Preposition; first person common singular	H854 with
and we will go at once	וְנֵלֵ֑כָה	wə·nê·lê·ḵāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural	H1980 go, come, walk
so that we may live	וְנִֽחְיֶה֙	wə·niḥ·yeh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural	H2421 live
and not	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
die	נָמ֔וּת	nā·mūṯ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural	H4191 die
neither we	אֲנַ֥חְנוּ	’ă·naḥ·nū	Pronoun - first person common plural	H587 we
nor you	אַתָּ֖ה	’at·tāh	Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou
nor our children	טַפֵּֽנוּ׃	ṭap·pê·nū	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common plural	H2945 children

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Genesis 42:2 · Deuteronomy 33:6

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