Genesis 44:16

Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data

"And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord’s servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And

יְהוּדָה

Yᵉhûwdâh

H3063

Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory

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אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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What shall we

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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unto my

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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what shall we

דָבַר

dâbar

H1696

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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or how shall we

נָקָה

nâqâh

H5352

to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated

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אֲנַחְנוּ

ʼănachnûw

H587

we

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אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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hath

מָצָא

mâtsâʼ

H4672

properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

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out the

עָוֺן

ʻâvôn

H5771

perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

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of thy

עֶבֶד

ʻebed

H5650

a servant

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רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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we are my

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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עֶבֶד

ʻebed

H5650

a servant

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both we and he also with whom the

כּוֹס

kôwç

H3563

a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its e...

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is

מָצָא

mâtsâʼ

H4672

properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

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Key Terms in This Verse

clear H5352

נָקָה nâqâh

to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated

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ourselves H587

אֲנַחְנוּ ʼănachnûw

we

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cup H3563

כּוֹס kôwç

a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye)

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iniquity H5771

עָוֺן ʻâvôn

perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

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found H4672

מָצָא mâtsâʼ

properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

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found H4672

מָצָא mâtsâʼ

properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

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servants H5650

עֶבֶד ʻebed

a servant

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servants H5650

עֶבֶד ʻebed

a servant

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speak H1696

דָבַר dâbar

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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Judah H3063

יְהוּדָה Yᵉhûwdâh

Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory

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Cross References

Genesis 44:9 cross-reference

With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondmen.

Daniel 9:7 cross-reference

O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are fa...

Luke 12:2 cross-reference

For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.

Numbers 32:23 cross-reference

But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.

Ezra 9:10 cross-reference

And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

Deuteronomy 25:1 cross-reference

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

Matthew 7:2 cross-reference

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

Genesis 44:32 cross-reference

For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.

Joshua 7:18 cross-reference

And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

Proverbs 17:15 cross-reference

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

Ezra 9:15 cross-reference

O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.

Job 40:4 cross-reference

Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

Isaiah 27:9 cross-reference

By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves...

Genesis 37:9 cross-reference

And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

Isaiah 5:3 cross-reference

And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

Joshua 7:1 cross-reference

But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger...

Proverbs 28:17 cross-reference

A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

Acts 2:37 cross-reference

Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

Judges 1:7 cross-reference

And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Je...

Genesis 37:7 cross-reference

For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

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