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Theyוְהֵםdid not knowלֹא יָדְעוּthatכִּיJosephיוֹסֵףunderstood,שֹׁמֵעַforכִּיthe interpreterהַמֵּלִיץwas between them.בֵּינֹתָם
Genesis 42:23
Study it in the app“They did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 42:23, word by word
- did not knowיָדְעוּyadu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadu” appears- Josephיוֹסֵףyosef
Joseph
Joseph, a name borne by several Israelites, above all the son of Jacob and Rachel, sold into Egypt, who became ruler there and saved his family; his sons Ephraim and Manasseh became tribes. The name means "may he add".
Where else “yosef” appears- understoodשֹׁמֵעַshomea
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shomea” appears- the interpreterמֵּלִיץmelits
interpreter
One who repeats in his own language what another says: an interpreter or an envoy.
Where else “melits” appears
The context
22Reuben answered them, saying, “Did I not tell you, ‘Do not sin against the child’? But you did not listen. And look, his blood too is being required.”
23 · This verse (above)
24He turned away from them and wept. Then he returned to them and spoke to them, and he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.
To study Genesis 42 in a group
1. What it says
What did Joseph do when he saw his brothers, and what did they find in their sacks (vv. 7-28)?
2. What it means
Why did the brothers say they were paying for what they did to their brother (v. 21)?
3. How I live it
What mistake from the past do you need to face honestly today?