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
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַנֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | H559 | And we said | to say (used with great latitude) |
| 2 | אֶל | H413 | near, with or among; often in general, to | |
| 3 | אֲדֹנִ֔י | H113 | unto my lord | sovereign, i.e., controller (human or divine) |
| 4 | יֶשׁ | H3426 | We have | there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection) |
| 5 | לָ֙נוּ֙ | H0 | ||
| 6 | וְאָבִ֥יו | H1 | a father | father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application |
| 7 | זָקֵ֔ן | H2205 | an old man | old |
| 8 | וְיֶ֥לֶד | H3206 | and a child | something born, i.e., a lad or offspring |
| 9 | זְקֻנִ֖ים | H2208 | of his old age | old age |
| 10 | קָטָ֑ן | H6996 | a little one | abbreviated, i.e., diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance) |
| 11 | וְאָחִ֨יו | H251 | and his brother | a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001]) |
| 12 | מֵ֜ת | H4191 | is dead | to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill |
| 13 | וַיִּוָּתֵ֨ר | H3498 | and he alone is left | to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve |
| 14 | ה֧וּא | H1931 | he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo | |
| 15 | לְבַדּ֛וֹ | H905 | properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with preposit | |
| 16 | לְאִמּ֖וֹ | H517 | of his mother | a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father]) |
| 17 | וְאָבִ֥יו | H1 | a father | father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application |
| 18 | אֲהֵבֽוֹ׃ | H157 | loveth | to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) |
Verse Context
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