Genesis 42:16
Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
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ASV
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
KJV
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
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19 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| שִׁלְח֨וּ | shil.Chu | send | H7971 → |
| מִכֶּ֣ם | mi.Kem | of <the> yourselves | |
| אֶחָד֮ | 'e.Chad | one | H259 → |
| וְיִקַּ֣ח | ve.yi.Kach | so he may fetch | H3947 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| אֲחִיכֶם֒ | 'a.chi.Khem | brother your | H251 → |
| וְאַתֶּם֙ | ve.'a.Tem | and you | H859 → |
| הֵאָ֣סְר֔וּ | he.'A.se.Ru | be imprisoned | H631 → |
| וְיִבָּֽחֲנוּ֙ | ve.yi.ba.cha.Nu | so they may be tested | H974 → |
| דִּבְרֵיכֶ֔ם | div.rei.Khem | words your | H1697 → |
| הַֽאֱמֶ֖ת | ha.'e.Met | ¿ [is] truth | H571 → |
| אִתְּכֶ֑ם | 'i.te.Khem | with you | H854 → |
| וְאִם־ | ve.'im- | and if | H518 → |
| לֹ֕א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| חֵ֣י | chei | [by] [the] life of | H2416 → |
| פַרְעֹ֔ה | far.'Oh | Pharaoh | H6547 → |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| מְרַגְּלִ֖ים | me.ra.ge.Lim | [are] spies | H7270 → |
| אַתֶּֽם׃ | 'a.Tem | you | H859 → |
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