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Genesis 44:16 Interlinear

What shall we say And Judah What shall we say behold we are my lord's what shall we speak or how shall we clear ourselves God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants of thy servants behold we are my lord's both we and he also both we and he also with whom hath found out the cup

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1נֹּאמַר֙H559What shall we sayto say (used with great latitude)
2יְהוּדָ֗הH3063And Judahjehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
3מַהH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
4נֹּאמַר֙H559What shall we sayto say (used with great latitude)
5לַֽאדֹנִ֔יH113behold we are my lord'ssovereign, i.e., controller (human or divine)
6מַהH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
7נְּדַבֵּ֖רH1696what shall we speakperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
8וּמַהH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
9נִּצְטַדָּ֑קH6663or how shall we clear ourselvesto be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
10הָֽאֱלֹהִ֗יםH430Godgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
11נִמְצָ֥אH4672hath found outproperly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
12אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
13עֲוֹ֣ןH5771the iniquityperversity, i.e., (moral) evil
14עֲבָדִים֙H5650of thy servantsa servant
15הִנֶּנּ֤וּH2005lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if
16עֲבָדִים֙H5650of thy servantsa servant
17לַֽאדֹנִ֔יH113behold we are my lord'ssovereign, i.e., controller (human or divine)
18גַּ֛םH1571both we and he alsoproperly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
19אֲנַ֕חְנוּH587we
20גַּ֛םH1571both we and he alsoproperly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
21אֲשֶׁרH834with whomwho, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
22נִמְצָ֥אH4672hath found outproperly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
23הַגָּבִ֖יעַH1375the cupa goblet; by analogy, the calyx of a flower
24בְּיָדֽוֹ׃H3027a 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

Verse Context

Genesis 44:15said And Joseph unto them What deed ...
Genesis 44:16 (current)What shall we say And Judah What shall we say behold we are my lord's what shall we speak or how shall we clear ourselves God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants of thy servants behold we are my lord's both we and he also both we and he also with whom hath found out the cup
Genesis 44:17And he said God forbid that I should do so but the man...

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