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Genesis 44:22

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And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.	And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for [if] he should leave his father, [his father] would die.	And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And we said^H559 unto my lord^H113, The lad^H5288 cannot^H3201 leave^H5800 his father^H1: for if he should leave^H5800 his father^H1, his father would die^H4191.

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Original Hebrew

וַנֹּאמֶר אֶל־אֲדֹנִי לֹא־יוּכַל הַנַּעַר לַעֲזֹב אֶת־אָבִיו וְעָזַב אֶת־אָבִיו וָמֵת׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/נֹּ֨אמֶר֙	va./No.mer	H559	HC/Vqw1cp	and/ we said
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
אֲדֹנִ֔/י	'a.do.N/i	H113	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	lord/ my
לֹא	lo'-	H3808	HTn	not
יוּכַ֥ל	yu.Khal	H3201	HVqi3ms	he will be able
הַ/נַּ֖עַר	ha./Na.'ar	H5288	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ young man
לַ/עֲזֹ֣ב	la./'a.Zo	H5800	HR/Vqc	to/ leave
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
אָבִ֑י/ו	'a.Vi/v	H1	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	father/ his
וְ/עָזַ֥ב	ve./'a.Zav	H5800	HC/Vqq3ms	and/ he will leave
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
אָבִ֖י/ו	'a.Vi/v	H1	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	father/ his
וָ/מֵֽת	va./Met	H4191	HC/Vqq3ms	and/ he will die

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

Strong's References

• H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
• H113 — אָדוֹן (ʼâdôwn, aw-done'): or (shortened) אָדֹן; from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine); lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'.
• 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.
• H3201 — יָכֹל (yâkôl, yaw-kole'): or (fuller) יָכוֹל; a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might); be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
• H4191 — מוּת (mûwth, mooth): a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill; [idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) wise.
• H5288 — נַעַר (naʻar, nah'-ar): from נָעַר; (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); babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).
• H5800 — עָזַב (ʻâzab, aw-zab'): a primitive root; to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.; commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.

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).
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• 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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