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Takeקְחוּdoubleמִשְׁנֶהthe silverוְכֶסֶףin your hand,בְיֶדְכֶםand the silverוְאֶת הַכֶּסֶףthat was returnedהַמּוּשָׁבin the mouthבְּפִיof your bagsאַמְתְּחֹתֵיכֶםcarry backתָּשִׁיבוּin your hand;בְיֶדְכֶםperhapsאוּלַיit wasהוּאa mistake.מִשְׁגֶּה
Genesis 43:12
Study it in the app“Take double the silver in your hand, and the silver that was returned in the mouth of your bags carry back in your hand; perhaps it was a mistake.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 43:12, word by word
- Takeקְחוּkechu
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “kechu” appears- doubleמִשְׁנֶהmishne
double
Twice the amount.
Where else “mishne” appears- the silverכֶסֶףchesef
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “chesef” appears- in your handיֶדְyed
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yed” appears- that was returnedמּוּשָׁבmushav
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “mushav” appears- in the mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- of your bagsאַמְתְּחֹתֵיamtchote
sack
Sack, bag for carrying grain.
Where else “amtchote” appears- perhapsאוּלַיulay
perhaps
Perhaps, maybe.
Where else “ulay” appears- a mistakeמִשְׁגֶּהmishge
mistake
Mistake, oversight. It occurs only in Genesis 43:12.
Where else “mishge” appears
The context
11Israel their father said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the choicest products of the land in your containers and carry down to the man a gift: a little balm and a little honey, aromatic gum and ladanum, pistachios and almonds.
12 · This verse (above)
13Take your brother and get up, go back to the man.
To study Genesis 43 in a group
1. What it says
What did Judah ask of Jacob about Benjamin (vv. 8-10)?
2. What it means
What does Judah mean by “I will be surety for him” and “I will have sinned against you for all time” (v. 9)?
3. How I live it
How can you take responsibility for someone in your family?