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Genesis 43:6

And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙vayomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.לָמָ֥הlamahto howמָהpreposition, particle, interrogative — “to how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.הֲרֵעֹתֶ֖םhareotembe worseרָעַעverb, hiphil, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “be worse”, a completed actionH7489properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)afflict, associate selves (by mistake for H7462 (רָעָה)), break (down, in pieces), [phrase] displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for H7462 (רָעָה)), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) il…לִ֑יlitoלִ֑יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toלְהַגִּ֣ידlehagidto bewrayנָגַדpreposition, verb, hiphil, infinitive construct — “to bewray”, the to-form of the verbH5046properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praisebewray, [idiom] certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, [idiom] fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, [idiom] surely, tell, utter.לָאִ֔ישׁlaishto a certainאִישׁpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to a certain”, the ordinary formH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…הַע֥וֹדhaodagainעוֹדparticle, interrogative, adverb — “again”H5750properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, moreagain, [idiom] all life long, at all, besides, but, else, further(-more), henceforth, (any) longer, (any) more(-over), [idiom] once, since, (be) still, when, (good, the) while (having being), (as, because, whether, while) yet (within).לָכֶ֖םlakhemtoלָכֶ֖םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “to”toאָֽחachbrother ; kindredאָחnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “brother ; kindred”, the ordinary formH251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Israel said: 'Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

Young’s Literal Translation

And Israel saith, 'Why did ye evil to me, by declaring to the man that ye had yet a brother?'

World English Bible

Israel said, “Why did you treat me so badly, telling the man that you had another brother?”

Darby Translation

And Israel said, Why did ye deal [so] ill with me [as] to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

Douay-Rheims

Israel said to them: You have done this for my misery in that you told him you had also another brother.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Israel said: 'Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Israel said, Why did ye harm me, inasmuch as ye told the man that ye had a brother?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἶπε δὲ Ἰσραὴλ, τί ἐκακοποιήσατέ με, ἀναγγείλαντες τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ὅτι ἐστὶν ὑμῖν ἀδελφός;