Genesis 44:22
We said to my lord, ‘The boy can’t leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’This verse in the real world
In what words
- יָכֹלyâkôlto be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
- עָזַבʻâzabto loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
- נַעַרnaʻar(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a
- אָדוֹןʼâdôwnsovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
- אָבʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- אָמַרʼâmarto say (used with great latitude)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.