KJV: Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
YLT: And Jacob seeth that there is corn in Egypt, and Jacob saith to his sons, 'Why do you look at each other?'
Darby: And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
ASV: Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
וַיַּ֣רְא | And when saw |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: רָאָה Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider. |
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יַעֲקֹ֔ב | Jacob |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יַעֲקֹב Sense: son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 2 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel. |
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כִּ֥י | that |
Parse: Conjunction Root: כִּי Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since. |
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יֶשׁ־ | there was |
Parse: Adverb Root: יֵשׁ Sense: being, existence, substance, there is or are. |
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שֶׁ֖בֶר | grain |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: שֶׁבֶר Sense: grain, corn (as foodstuff). |
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בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם | in Egypt |
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: מִצְרַיִם Sense: a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows adj Egyptians = “double straits”. |
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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | then said |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter. |
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יַעֲקֹב֙ | Jacob |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יַעֲקֹב Sense: son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 2 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel. |
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לְבָנָ֔יו | to his sons |
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group. |
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לָ֖מָּה | why |
Parse: Interrogative Root: לָמָּה Sense: what, how, of what kind. |
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؟ תִּתְרָאֽוּ | do you look at one another |
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Imperfect, second person masculine plural Root: רָאָה Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider. |