Genesis 42:19
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
If you are honest, leave one of your brothers in custody while the rest of you go and take back grain to relieve the hunger of your households.

Young's Literal Translation
if ye [are] right men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward, and ye, go, carry in corn [for] the famine of your houses,

King James Bible
If ye [be] true [men], let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:

Hebrew
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

you
אַתֶּ֔ם (’at·tem)
Pronoun - second person masculine plural
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

are honest,
כֵּנִ֣ים (kê·nîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

leave one
אֶחָ֔ד (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

of your brothers in custody
יֵאָסֵ֖ר (yê·’ā·sêr)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 631: To yoke, hitch, to fasten, to join battle

while the rest of you
וְאַתֶּם֙ (wə·’at·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine plural
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

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

and take back
הָבִ֔יאוּ (hā·ḇî·’ū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

grain
שֶׁ֖בֶר (še·ḇer)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7668: Corn, grain

to relieve the hunger
רַעֲב֥וֹן (ra·‘ă·ḇō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7459: Hunger, lack of food, famine

of your households.
בָּתֵּיכֶֽם׃ (bāt·tê·ḵem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 1004: A house

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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