Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleAnd we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’ Young's Literal Translation and we say unto my lord, We have a father, an aged one, and a child of old age, a little one; and his brother died, and he is left alone of his mother, and his father hath loved him. King James Bible And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. Hebrew And we answered,וַנֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (wan·nō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural Strong's 559: To utter, say ‘We have יֶשׁ־ (yeš-) Adverb Strong's 3426: Being, substance, existence, is an elderly זָקֵ֔ן (zā·qên) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2205: Old father אָ֣ב (’āḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1: Father and a younger brother, קָטָ֑ן (qā·ṭān) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6996: Small, young, unimportant the child וְיֶ֥לֶד (wə·ye·leḏ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3206: Something born, a lad, offspring of his old age. זְקֻנִ֖ים (zə·qu·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2208: Old age The boy’s brother וְאָחִ֨יו (wə·’ā·ḥîw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 251: A brother, ) is dead. מֵ֜ת (mêṯ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4191: To die, to kill He ה֧וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are is the only לְבַדּ֛וֹ (lə·ḇad·dōw) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 905: Separation, a part of the body, branch of a, tree, bar for, carrying, chief of one of his mother’s לְאִמּ֖וֹ (lə·’im·mōw) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 517: A mother, ) sons left, וַיִּוָּתֵ֨ר (way·yiw·wā·ṯêr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3498: To jut over, exceed, to excel, to remain, be left, to leave, cause to abound, preserve and his father וְאָבִ֥יו (wə·’ā·ḇîw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1: Father loves him.’ אֲהֵבֽוֹ׃ (’ă·hê·ḇōw) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 157: To have affection f |
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