Genesis 44:29
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
If you takeוּלְקַחְתֶּ֧ם
(u·le·kach·tem)
3947: to takea prim. root
this oneזֶ֛ה
(zeh)
2088: this, herea prim. pronoun
alsoגַּם־
(gam-)
1571: also, moreover, yeafrom an unused word
from me, and harmאָסֹ֑ון
(a·so·vn;)
611: mischief, evil, harmfrom an unused word
befallsוְקָרָ֣הוּ
(ve·ka·ra·hu)
7136a: to encounter, meet, befalla prim. root
him, you will bringוְהֹֽורַדְתֶּ֧ם
(ve·ho·v·rad·tem)
3381: to come or go down, descenda prim. root
my gray hairשֵׂיבָתִ֛י
(sei·va·ti)
7872: hoary head, old agefrom sib
down 
 
3381: to come or go down, descenda prim. root
to Sheolשְׁאֹֽלָה׃
(she·'o·lah.)
7585: underworld (place to which people descend at death)of uncertain derivation
in sorrow.' 
 
7463a: evil, misery, distress, injuryfrom the same as roa


















KJV Lexicon
And if ye take
laqach  (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
this also from
`im  (eem)
accompanying, against, and, as (long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-)to, with(-al).
me
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
and mischief
'acown  (aws-sone')
hurt -- mischief.
befall him
qarah  (kaw-raw')
to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
ye shall bring down
yarad  (yaw-rad')
to descend; causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
my gray hairs
seybah  (say-baw')
old age -- (be) gray (grey hoar,-y) hairs (head,-ed), old age.
with sorrow
ra`  (rah)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
to the grave
sh'owl  (sheh-ole')
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates -- grave, hell, pit.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
'If you take this one also from me, and harm befalls him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.'

King James Bible
And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If you also take this one from me and anything happens to him, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.'"

International Standard Version
If you take this one from me, too, and then something harmful happens to him, then it will be death for me and my sad, gray hair!'

NET Bible
If you take this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair in tragedy to the grave.'

GOD'S WORD® Translation
If you take this one away from me too and anything happens to him, you'll drive this gray-haired old man to his grave.'

King James 2000 Bible
And if you take this also from me, and mischief befall him, you shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
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