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Genesis 42:1

וַיַּ֣רְא
râʼâh
and — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
יַעֲקֹ֔ב
Yaʻăqôb
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
כִּ֥י
kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
יֶשׁ
yêsh
there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
שֶׁ֖בֶר
sheber
grain (as if broken into kernels)
בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם
Mitsrayim
in/with/by — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
and — to say (used with great latitude)
יַעֲקֹב֙
Yaʻăqôb
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
לְבָנָ֔יו
bên
to/for — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
לָ֖מָּה
mâh
to/for — properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
תִּתְרָאֽוּ
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Genesis 42:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
AMPLIFIED · 1 of 3
Now when Jacob (Israel) learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another [in bewilderment and not taking action]?”
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Now when Jacob (Israel) learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another [in bewilderment and not taking action]?”
Genesis 42:1
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