Genesis

Genesis 44:33–34

³³Now please let your servant stay here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy. Let him return with his brothers. ³⁴For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”

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Genesis 44:33

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Now	וְעַתָּ֗ה	wə·‘at·tāh	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H6258 now
please	נָ֤א	nā	Interjection	H4994 I (we) pray, now
let your servant	עַבְדְּךָ֙	‘aḇ·də·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5650 slave, servant
stay here	יֵֽשֶׁב־	yê·šeḇ-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
as my lord’s	לַֽאדֹנִ֑י	la·ḏō·nî	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H113 lord
slave	עֶ֖בֶד	‘e·ḇeḏ	Noun - masculine singular	H5650 slave, servant
in place of	תַּ֣חַת	ta·ḥaṯ	Preposition	H8478 the under part
the boy	הַנַּ֔עַר	han·na·‘ar	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5288 a shaking, scattering
Let him return	יַ֥עַל	ya·‘al	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
with	עִם־	‘im-	Preposition	H5973 with
his brothers	אֶחָֽיו׃	’e·ḥāw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H251 brother

Genesis 44:34

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
how	אֵיךְ֙	’êḵ	Interjection	H349 How?
can I go back	אֶֽעֱלֶ֣ה	’e·‘ĕ·leh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
my father	אָבִ֔י	’ā·ḇî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1 father
without	אֵינֶ֣נּוּ	’ê·nen·nū	Adverb; third person masculine singular	H369 nothing, nought
the boy	וְהַנַּ֖עַר	wə·han·na·‘ar	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5288 a shaking, scattering
I could not bear	פֶּ֚ן	pen	Conjunction	H6435 lest
to see	אֶרְאֶ֣ה	’er·’eh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7200 see
the misery	בָרָ֔ע	ḇā·rā‘	Preposition-b, Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H7451 bad, evil
that	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
would overwhelm	יִמְצָ֖א	yim·ṣā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4672 attain to, find

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Genesis 44:33 1 John 3:16

Genesis 44:34 Esther 8:6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.