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Genesis 37:21 Interlinear

“heard And Reuben it and he delivered him out of their hands and said Let us not kill ”

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Genesis 37 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע	H8085	heard	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
2	רְאוּבֵ֔ן	H7205	And Reuben	reuben, a son of jacob
3	וַיַּצִּלֵ֖הוּ	H5337	it and he delivered	to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
4	מִיָּדָ֑ם	H3027	him out of their hands	a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
5	וַיֹּ֕אמֶר	H559	and said	to say (used with great latitude)
6	לֹ֥א	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
7	נַכֶּ֖נּוּ	H5221	Let us not kill	to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
8	נָֽפֶשׁ׃	H5315		properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment

Genesis 37:21 (current)heard And Reuben it and he delivered him out of their hands and said Let us not kill