Genesis 37:4
וַ יִּרְאוּ אֶחָיו כִּי אֹתֹו אָהַב אֲבִיהֶם מִ כָּל אֶחָיו וַ יִּשְׂנְאוּ אֹתֹו וְ לֹא יָכְלוּ דַּבְּרֹו לְ שָׁלֹם
And his brothers are seeing that their father has loved אֶת-him from the whole of his brothers, and they are hating him, and have not been able to order him1165 to completeness.
| 1165 | Hebrew דַּבְּר֥וֹ. This is the one instance of the verb to set in order (otherwise known as to speak, see Gen. 8:15 note) conjugated with a masculine singular suffix. It doesn’t make any sense to render this to speak-him so translators have always inserted “to”. Yet there is no directional word toward nor preposition to in this sentence. |