Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 44:31 Interlinear

It shall come to pass when he seeth that the lad is not with us that he will die shall bring down and thy servants the gray hairs and thy servants our father with sorrow to the grave

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְהָיָ֗הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2כִּרְאוֹת֛וֹH7200It shall come to pass when he seethto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
3כִּיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
4אֵ֥יןH369a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
5הַנַּ֖עַרH5288that the lad(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
6וָמֵ֑תH4191is not with us that he will dieto die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
7וְהוֹרִ֨ידוּH3381shall bring downto descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
8עַבְדְּךָ֥H5650and thy servantsa servant
9אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
10שֵׂיבַ֨תH7872the gray hairsold age
11עַבְדְּךָ֥H5650and thy servantsa servant
12אָבִ֛ינוּH1our fatherfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
13בְּיָג֖וֹןH3015with sorrowaffliction
14שְׁאֹֽלָה׃H7585to the gravehades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates

Verse Context

Genesis 44:30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father and the lad...
Genesis 44:31 (current) It shall come to pass when he seeth that the lad is not with us that he will die shall bring down and thy servants the gray hairs and thy servants our father with sorrow to the grave
Genesis 44:32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto...

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