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Genesis 37:13

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← Genesis 37:12	Genesis 37:13 (KJV)	Genesis 37:14 →
And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.	And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed [the flock] in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here [am I].	And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Israel^H3478 said^H559 unto Joseph^H3130, Do not thy brethren^H251 feed^H7462 the flock in Shechem^H7927? come^H3212, and I will send thee^H7971 unto them. And he said^H559 to him, Here am I.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־יֹוסֵף הֲלֹוא אַחֶיךָ רֹעִים בִּשְׁכֶם לְכָה וְאֶשְׁלָחֲךָ אֲלֵיהֶם וַיֹּאמֶר לֹו הִנֵּנִי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל	Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HNp	Israel
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
יוֹסֵ֗ף	yo.Sef	H3130	HNp	Joseph
הֲ/ל֤וֹא	ha./Lo'	H3808	HTi/Tn	¿/ not
אַחֶ֨י/ךָ֙	'a.Chei./kha	H251	HNcmpc/Sp2ms	(are) brothers/ your
רֹעִ֣ים	ro.'Im	H7462	HVqrmpa	pasturing
בִּ/שְׁכֶ֔ם	bi/sh.Khem	H7927	HR/Np	at/ Shechem
לְכָ֖/ה	le.Kha/h	H3212	HVqv2ms/Sh	come/ !
וְ/אֶשְׁלָחֲ/ךָ֣	ve./'esh.la.cha./Kha	H7971	HC/Vqi1cs/Sp2ms	and/ I will send/ you
אֲלֵי/הֶ֑ם	'a.lei./Hem	H413	HR/Sp3mp	to/ them
וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
ל֖/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	to (the)/ him
הִנֵּֽ/נִי	hi.Ne./ni	H2009	HTm/Sp1cs	here (am)/ I

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H251 — אָח (ʼâch, awkh): a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father)); another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H3130 — יוֹסֵף (Yôwçêph, yo-safe'): future of יָסַף; let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites; Joseph. Compare יְהוֹסֵף.
• H3212 — יָלַךְ (yâlak, yaw-lak'): a primitive root (compare הָלַךְ); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses); [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
• H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
• H7462 — רָעָה (râʻâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend); [idiom] break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, [phrase] shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
• H7927 — שְׁכֶם (Shᵉkem, shek-em'): the same as שְׁכֶם; ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine; Shechem.
• H7971 — שָׁלַח (shâlach, shaw-lakh'): a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן; lo!; behold, lo, see.
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

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