Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 44:20 Interlinear

And we said unto my lord We have a father an old man and a child of his old age a little one and his brother is dead and he alone is left of his mother a father loveth

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַנֹּ֙אמֶר֙H559And we saidto say (used with great latitude)
2אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
3אֲדֹנִ֔יH113unto my lordsovereign, i.e., controller (human or divine)
4יֶשׁH3426We havethere is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
5לָ֙נוּ֙H0
6וְאָבִ֥יוH1a fatherfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
7זָקֵ֔ןH2205an old manold
8וְיֶ֥לֶדH3206and a childsomething born, i.e., a lad or offspring
9זְקֻנִ֖יםH2208of his old ageold age
10קָטָ֑ןH6996a little oneabbreviated, i.e., diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
11וְאָחִ֨יוH251and his brothera brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
12מֵ֜תH4191is deadto die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
13וַיִּוָּתֵ֨רH3498and he alone is leftto jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve
14ה֧וּאH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
15לְבַדּ֛וֹH905properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with preposit
16לְאִמּ֖וֹH517of his mothera mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
17וְאָבִ֥יוH1a fatherfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
18אֲהֵבֽוֹ׃H157lovethto have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

Verse Context

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Genesis 44:20 (current)And we said unto my lord We have a father an old man and a child of his old age a little one and his brother is dead and he alone is left of his mother a father loveth
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