Genesis
Genesis 44:34
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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| 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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