Genesis 44:12
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest— and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

Young's Literal Translation
and he searcheth—at the eldest he hath begun, and at the youngest he hath completed—and the cup is found in the bag of Benjamin;

King James Bible
And he searched, [and] began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

Hebrew
The steward searched,
וַיְחַפֵּ֕שׂ (way·ḥap·pêś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2664: To seek, to conceal oneself, mask

beginning
הֵחֵ֔ל (hê·ḥêl)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play

with the oldest
בַּגָּד֣וֹל (bag·gā·ḏō·wl)
Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

and ending
כִּלָּ֑ה (kil·lāh)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent

with the youngest—
וּבַקָּטֹ֖ן (ū·ḇaq·qā·ṭōn)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6996: Small, young, unimportant

and the cup
הַגָּבִ֔יעַ (hag·gā·ḇî·a‘)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1375: A goblet, the calyx of a, flower

was found
וַיִּמָּצֵא֙ (way·yim·mā·ṣê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

in Benjamin’s
בִּנְיָמִֽן׃ (bin·yā·min)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1144: Benjamin -- 'son of the right hand', youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Israelites

sack.
בְּאַמְתַּ֖חַת (bə·’am·ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 572: Something expansive, a bag

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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