Genesis

Genesis 44:1

¹Then Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then Joseph instructed	וַיְצַ֞ו	way·ṣaw	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6680 lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order
his steward	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
Fill the men’s	הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙	hā·’ă·nā·šîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H582 man, mankind
sacks	אַמְתְּחֹ֤ת	’am·tə·ḥōṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H572 sack
with	מַלֵּ֞א	mal·lê	Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular	H4390 be full, fill
as much food	אֹ֔כֶל	’ō·ḵel	Noun - masculine singular	H400 food
as	כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר	ka·’ă·šer	Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
they can	יוּכְל֖וּן	yū·ḵə·lūn	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun	H3201 be able, have power, prevail, endure
carry	שְׂאֵ֑ת	śə·’êṯ	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H5375 lift, take, carry
and put	וְשִׂ֥ים	wə·śîm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H7760 put, place, set
each one’s	אִ֖ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
silver	כֶּֽסֶף־	ke·sep̄-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3701 silver, money
in the mouth	בְּפִ֥י	bə·p̄î	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H6310 mouth
of his sack	אַמְתַּחְתּֽוֹ׃	’am·taḥ·tōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H572 sack

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