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width="20%">Translit</td><td class="top" width="20%">Hebrew</td><td class="top" width="25%">English</td><td class="top" width="18%">Morph</td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 853: untranslatable mark of the accusative case.">853</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 853 -- Occurrence 837 of 11050">[e]</a></span></td><td class="translit" valign="top"><a href="/hebrew/veet_853.htm" title="wə·’eṯ-: - -- Occurrence 172 of 2179.">wə-’eṯ-</a></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וְאֶת־</td><td class="eng" valign="top">and</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Accusative">Acc</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/251.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 251: a brother">251</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_251.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 251 -- Occurrence 118 of 630">[e]</a></span></td><td class="translit" valign="top"><a href="/hebrew/achichem_251.htm" title="’ă·ḥî·ḵem: brother -- Occurrence 4 of 16.">’ă-ḥî-ḵem</a></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">אֲחִיכֶ֤ם</td><td class="eng" valign="top">your brother</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun">Noun</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/6996.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 6996: small, young, unimportant">6996</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6996.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 6996 -- Occurrence 10 of 101">[e]</a></span></td><td class="translit" valign="top"><a href="/hebrew/hakkaton_6996.htm" title="haq·qā·ṭōn: your youngest -- Occurrence 4 of 21.">haq-qā-ṭōn</a></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">הַקָּטֹן֙</td><td class="eng" valign="top">youngest</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Adjective">Adj</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 935: to come in, come, go in, go">935</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 935 -- Occurrence 167 of 2573">[e]</a></span></td><td class="translit" valign="top"><a href="/hebrew/taviu_935.htm" title="tā·ḇî·’ū: and bring -- Occurrence 1 of 6.">tā-ḇî-’ū</a></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">תָּבִ֣יאוּ</td><td class="eng" valign="top">bring</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb">Verb</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 413: to, into, towards">413</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 413 -- Occurrence 364 of 5504">[e]</a></span></td><td class="translit" valign="top"><a href="/hebrew/elai_413.htm" title="’ê·lay,: about -- Occurrence 20 of 446.">’ê-lay,</a></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">אֵלַ֔י</td><td class="eng" valign="top">unto me</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Prepostion">Prep</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/539.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 539: to confirm, support">539</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_539.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 539 -- Occurrence 2 of 108">[e]</a></span></td><td class="translit" valign="top"><a href="/hebrew/veyeamenu_539.htm" title="wə·yê·’ā·mə·nū: may be verified -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">wə-yê-’ā-mə-nū</a></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וְיֵאָמְנ֥וּ</td><td class="eng" valign="top">and be verified</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb">Verb</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 1697: speech, word">1697</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 1697 -- Occurrence 49 of 1441">[e]</a></span></td><td class="translit" valign="top"><a href="/hebrew/divreichem_1697.htm" title="ḏiḇ·rê·ḵem: your words -- Occurrence 2 of 8.">ḏiḇ-rê-ḵem</a></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">דִבְרֵיכֶ֖ם</td><td class="eng" valign="top">shall your words</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun">Noun</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3808: not">3808</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3808 -- Occurrence 171 of 5184">[e]</a></span></td><td class="translit" valign="top"><a href="/hebrew/velo_3808.htm" title="wə·lō: and you will not -- Occurrence 44 of 1589.">wə-lō</a></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וְלֹ֣א</td><td class="eng" valign="top">and not</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Adverb">Adv</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 4191: to die">4191</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 4191 -- Occurrence 58 of 839">[e]</a></span></td><td class="translit" valign="top"><a href="/hebrew/tamutu_4191.htm" title="ṯā·mū·ṯū;: die -- Occurrence 1 of 13.">ṯā-mū-ṯū;</a></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">תָמ֑וּתוּ</td><td class="eng" valign="top">you will die</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb">Verb</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 6213: do, make">6213</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 6213 -- Occurrence 136 of 2628">[e]</a></span></td><td class="translit" valign="top"><a href="/hebrew/vaiyaasu_6213.htm" title="way·ya·‘ă·śū-: did -- Occurrence 3 of 79.">way-ya-‘ă-śū-</a></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וַיַּעֲשׂוּ־</td><td class="eng" valign="top">And they did</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb">Verb</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3651: so, thus">3651</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3651 -- Occurrence 43 of 767">[e]</a></span></td><td class="translit" valign="top"><a href="/hebrew/chen_3651.htm" title="ḵên.: so -- Occurrence 14 of 124.">ḵên.</a></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">כֵֽן׃</td><td class="eng" valign="top">so</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Adjective">Adj</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><div class="vheading2">Hebrew Texts</div><div align="right"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wlc/genesis/42.htm">בראשית 42:20 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex</a><br></span><span class="heb">וְאֶת־אֲחִיכֶ֤ם הַקָּטֹן֙ תָּבִ֣יאוּ אֵלַ֔י וְיֵאָמְנ֥וּ דִבְרֵיכֶ֖ם וְלֹ֣א תָמ֑וּתוּ וַיַּעֲשׂוּ־כֵֽן׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wlco/genesis/42.htm">בראשית 42:20 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)</a><br></span><span class="heb">ואת־אחיכם הקטן תביאו אלי ויאמנו דבריכם ולא תמותו ויעשו־כן׃</span></div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/genesis/42-20.htm">Additional Parallel Hebrew</a></div><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/genesis/42-20.htm">Genesis 42:20</a> • <a href="/text/genesis/42-20.htm">Genesis 42:20 Text Analysis</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/42-20.htm">Genesis 42:20 Interlinear</a> • <a href="/multi/genesis/42-20.htm">Genesis 42:20 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