Genesis 37:20
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”

Young's Literal Translation
and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.’

King James Bible
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

Hebrew
“Come
לְכ֣וּ (lə·ḵū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

now,
וְעַתָּ֣ה ׀ (wə·‘at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

let us kill
וְנַֽהַרְגֵ֗הוּ (wə·na·har·ḡê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2026: To smite with deadly intent

him and throw
וְנַשְׁלִכֵ֙הוּ֙ (wə·naš·li·ḵê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7993: To throw out, down, away

him into one
בְּאַחַ֣ד (bə·’a·ḥaḏ)
Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's 259: United, one, first

of the pits.
הַבֹּר֔וֹת (hab·bō·rō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 953: A pit, cistern, well

We can say
וְאָמַ֕רְנוּ (wə·’ā·mar·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

that a vicious
רָעָ֖ה (rā·‘āh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

animal
חַיָּ֥ה (ḥay·yāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

has devoured him.
אֲכָלָ֑תְהוּ (’ă·ḵā·lā·ṯə·hū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 398: To eat

Then we shall see
וְנִרְאֶ֕ה (wə·nir·’eh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 7200: To see

what
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

becomes
יִּהְי֖וּ (yih·yū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

of his dreams!”
חֲלֹמֹתָֽיו׃ (ḥă·lō·mō·ṯāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2472: A dream

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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