How does ??”? know that it was ???? who was missing? The ???? says ?”? ??????; how does ??”? know who it was?
The ????”? says that ???? is the only one who makes sense, whereas the others have no explanation, so ??”? knew it was her.
There is a ????? that the ??? ????? was in the portion of ??? ??????, because he is the only who didn’t bow to ???. If it was another brother missing, then the ????”? could be in his portion. It follows, therefore, that it was ???? who was missing.
One can ask – maybe it was ??? who was missing, and he didn’t get the ????”? because ??? ??? didn’t get a ???? in ??”??
The ???? answers that the ?????? hint to ???? — using the standard laws of grammar, when one refers to plural of both men and women, one talks in masculine, unless the women are more ????. However, if there is only one woman and many men, even if the woman is ????, we use a masculine form.
When the maidservants came forward, the ???? says ???????? – plural feminine. When ??? came, however, it says ??????? – plural masculine. The reason is because ??? was the only woman — and where was ????? This is ??”?s proof that it was her who was missing more than any of her brothers.