Genesis 44:22
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
נַעַר
naʻar
(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit...
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
עָזַב
ʻâzab
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
עָזַב
ʻâzab
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
Key Terms in This Verse
נַעַר naʻar
(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)
Study H5288 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →Cross References
And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow ...
Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;
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