Genesis 42:23
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.

Young's Literal Translation
And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter [is] between them;

King James Bible
And they knew not that Joseph understood [them]; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

Hebrew
They
וְהֵם֙ (wə·hêm)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

did not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

realize
יָֽדְע֔וּ (yā·ḏə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3045: To know

that
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

Joseph
יוֹסֵ֑ף (yō·w·sêp̄)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3130: Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites

understood them,
שֹׁמֵ֖עַ (šō·mê·a‘)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

since
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

there was an interpreter
הַמֵּלִ֖יץ (ham·mê·lîṣ)
Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3887: Ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker

between them.
בֵּינֹתָֽם׃ (bê·nō·ṯām)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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