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Rhetorical Interrogatives and Emphatic Coordinated Clauses in Judicial Appeal
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוּדָ֗ה מַה־נֹּאמַר֙ לַֽאדֹנִ֔י מַה־נְּדַבֵּ֖ר וּמַה־נִּצְטַדָּ֑ק הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים מָצָא֙ אֶת־עֲוֹ֣ן עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ הִנֶּנּ֤וּ עֲבָדִים֙ לַֽאדֹנִ֔י גַּם־אֲנַ֕חְנוּ גַּ֛ם אֲשֶׁר־נִמְצָ֥א הַגָּבִ֖יעַ בְּיָדֹֽו׃
(Genesis 44:16)
And Yehuda said, “What can we say to my lord? What can we speak, and how can we justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Behold, we are my lord’s servants, both we and he also with whom the goblet was found.”
In this emotionally charged verse, Yehudah responds to Yosef’s implied accusation with humility, rhetorical questions, and confession.… Learn Hebrew
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