Genesis 42:19
If you are honest, leave one of your brothers in custody while the rest of you go and take back grain to relieve the hunger of your households.
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ASV
if ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison-house; but go ye, carry grain for the famine of your houses:
KJV
If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
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14 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| אִם־ | 'im- | if | H518 → |
| כֵּנִ֣ים | ke.Nim | [are] honest | H3651 → |
| אַתֶּ֔ם | 'a.Tem | you | H859 → |
| אֲחִיכֶ֣ם | 'a.chi.Khem | brother your | H251 → |
| אֶחָ֔ד | 'e.Chad | one | H259 → |
| יֵאָסֵ֖ר | ye.'a.Ser | let him be imprisoned | H631 → |
| בְּבֵ֣ית | be.Veit | in [the] house of | H1004 → |
| מִשְׁמַרְכֶ֑ם | mish.mar.Khem | custody your | H4929 → |
| וְאַתֶּם֙ | ve.'a.Tem | and you | H859 → |
| לְכ֣וּ | le.Khu | go | H1980 → |
| הָבִ֔יאוּ | ha.Vi.'u | take | H935 → |
| שֶׁ֖בֶר | She.ver | [the] grain of | H7668 → |
| רַעֲב֥וֹן | ra.'a.Von | [the] hunger of | H7459 → |
| בָּתֵּיכֶֽם׃ | ba.tei.Khem | households your | H1004 → |
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