Hebrew Interlinear
Genesis 44:12 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Genesis 44:12, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“And he searched at the eldest and began at the youngest and left was found and the cup sack in Benjamin's”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיְחַפֵּ֕שׂ | H2664 | And he searched | to seek; causatively, to conceal oneself (i.e., let be sought), or mask |
| 2 | בַּגָּד֣וֹל | H1419 | at the eldest | great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent |
| 3 | הֵחֵ֔ל | H2490 | and began | properly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin |
| 4 | וּבַקָּטֹ֖ן | H6996 | at the youngest | abbreviated, i.e., diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance) |
| 5 | כִּלָּ֑ה | H3615 | and left | to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume) |
| 6 | וַיִּמָּצֵא֙ | H4672 | was found | properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present |
| 7 | הַגָּבִ֔יעַ | H1375 | and the cup | a goblet; by analogy, the calyx of a flower |
| 8 | בְּאַמְתַּ֖חַת | H572 | sack | properly, something expansive, i.e., a bag |
| 9 | בִּנְיָמִֽן׃ | H1144 | in Benjamin's | binjamin, youngest son of jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory |
Verse Context
Genesis 44:11Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground...
Genesis 44:12 (current)And he searched at the eldest and began at the youngest and left was found and the cup sack in Benjamin's
Genesis 44:13Then they rent their clothes and laded every man his ass...