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Genesis 37:35 - Sackcloth

Genesis 37:35 - And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

Verse	Strongs No.	Hebrew	Strongs Definition
And all	H3605	כֹּל	[Noun Masculine] properly the whole; hence {all} any or every (in the singular {only} but often in a plural sense)
his sons	H1121	בֵּן	[Noun Masculine] a son (as a builder of the family {name}) in the widest sense (of literal and figurative {relationship} including {grandson} subject: {nation} quality or {condition} {etc.} (like {H1 } {H251 } etc.)
and all	H3605	כֹּל	[Noun Masculine] properly the whole; hence {all} any or every (in the singular {only} but often in a plural sense)
his daughters	H1323	בַּת	[Noun Feminine] a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of {relationship} literally and figuratively)
rose up	H6965	קוּם	[Verb] to rise (in various {applications} {literally} {figuratively} intensively and causatively)
to comfort	H5162	נָחַם	[Verb] properly to {sigh} that {is} breathe strongly; by implication to be {sorry} that {is} (in a favorable sense) to {pity} console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
him but he refused	H3985	מָאֵן	[Verb] to refuse
to be comforted	H5162	נָחַם	[Verb] properly to {sigh} that {is} breathe strongly; by implication to be {sorry} that {is} (in a favorable sense) to {pity} console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
and he said	H559	אָמַר	[Verb] to say (used with great latitude)
For	H3588	כִּי	[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed
I will go down	H3381	יָרַד	[Verb] to descend (literally to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower {region} as the {shore} a {boundary} the {enemy} etc.; or figuratively to fall); causatively to bring down (in all the above applications)
into the grave	H7585	שְׁאוֹל	[Noun Feminine] hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranian {retreat }) including its accessories and inmates
unto	H413	אֵל	[Preposition] a primitive {particle} properly denoting motion {towards} but occasionally used of a quiescent {position} that {is} near: with or among; often in {general} to
my son	H1121	בֵּן	[Noun Masculine] a son (as a builder of the family {name}) in the widest sense (of literal and figurative {relationship} including {grandson} subject: {nation} quality or {condition} {etc.} (like {H1 } {H251 } etc.)
mourning	H57	אָבֵל	[Adjective] lamenting
Thus his father	H1	אָב	[Noun Masculine] father in a literal and {immediate} or figurative and remote application
wept	H1058	בָּכָה	[Verb] to weep; generally to bemoan
for	H3588	כִּי	[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed
him

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.