Genesis 37:21
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.

Young's Literal Translation
And Reuben heareth, and delivereth him out of their hand, and saith, ‘Let us not smite the life;’

King James Bible
And Reuben heard [it], and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

Hebrew
When Reuben
רְאוּבֵ֔ן (rə·’ū·ḇên)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7205: Reuben -- 'behold a son!' oldest son of Jacob, also his desc

heard [this],
וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע (way·yiš·ma‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

he tried to rescue [Joseph]
וַיַּצִּלֵ֖הוּ (way·yaṣ·ṣi·lê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5337: To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver

from their hands.
מִיָּדָ֑ם (mî·yā·ḏām)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3027: A hand

“Let us not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

take
נַכֶּ֖נּוּ (nak·ken·nū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5221: To strike

his life,”
נָֽפֶשׁ׃ (nā·p̄eš)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

he said.
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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