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Introduction to Genesis 44:16 In this emotionally charged verse, Yehudah responds to Yosef’s implied accusation with humility, rhetorical questions, and confession. The verse displays a stylistic layering of interrogatives, volitive verbs, and coordinated clauses, used to convey guilt and submission. This lesson focuses on rhetorical interrogatives (especially with מַה) and the syntax of emphatic coordination using גַּם… גַּם for legal self-incrimination and communal solidarity. וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוּדָ֗ה מַה־נֹּאמַר֙ לַֽאדֹנִ֔י מַה־נְּדַבֵּ֖ר וּמַה־נִּצְטַדָּ֑ק הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים מָצָא֙ אֶת־עֲוֹ֣ן עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ הִנֶּנּ֤וּ עֲבָדִים֙ לַֽאדֹנִ֔י גַּם־אֲנַ֕חְנוּ גַּ֛ם אֲשֶׁר־נִמְצָ֥א הַגָּבִ֖יעַ בְּיָדֹֽו׃ Analysis of Key Words and Structures וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוּדָ֗ה (vayomer Yehudah) – “And Yehudah said.”… Learn Hebrew