Genesis
Genesis 44:4
4They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?a
Footnotes
- a 44:4 LXX includes Why have you stolen my silver cup?
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| They | הֵ֠ם | hêm | Pronoun - third person masculine plural | H1992 they, them |
| had not | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| gone | יָֽצְא֣וּ | yā·ṣə·’ū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H3318 go or come out |
| far | הִרְחִיקוּ֒ | hir·ḥî·qū | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural | H7368 be, or become, far, distant |
| from the city | הָעִיר֮ | hā·‘îr | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H5892 excitement |
| when Joseph | וְיוֹסֵ֤ף | wə·yō·w·sêp̄ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3130 Joseph |
| told | אָמַר֙ | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| his steward | לַֽאֲשֶׁ֣ר | la·’ă·šer | Preposition-l; Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| Pursue | רְדֹ֖ף | rə·ḏōp̄ | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H7291 pursue, chase, persecute |
| the men | הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֑ים | hā·’ă·nā·šîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H582 man, mankind |
| at once | ק֥וּם | qūm | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H6965 arise, stand up, stand |
| and when you overtake them | וְהִשַּׂגְתָּם֙ | wə·hiś·śaḡ·tām | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine plural | H5381 reach, overtake |
| ask | וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ | wə·’ā·mar·tā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Why | לָ֛מָּה | lām·māh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| have you repaid | שִׁלַּמְתֶּ֥ם | šil·lam·tem | Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine plural | H7999 be complete, sound |
| good | טוֹבָֽה׃ | ṭō·w·ḇāh | Noun - feminine singular | H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good |
| with evil | רָעָ֖ה | rā·‘āh | Adjective - feminine singular | H7451 bad, evil |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.