Genesis 42:16
send ye one of you, that he bring him, forsooth ye shall be in bonds till those things that ye said be proved, whether those or they be false or true; else, by the health of Pharaoh, ye be spies.This verse in the real world
In what words
- אֵתʼêthproperly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with
- בָּחַןbâchanto test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
- אָסַרʼâçarto yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
- לֹאlôʼnot (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- אֶמֶתʼemethstability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
- פַּרְעֹהParʻôhParoh, a general title of Egyptian kings
- חַיchayalive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially i
- אָחʼâcha brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or r
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.