“And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.”
Genesis 39:1 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 39:116 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/יוֹסֵ֖ףwəywōsēp
and JosephconjH3130
הוּרַ֣דhwrad
he had been brought downverbH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
מִצְרָ֑יְמָ/הmiṣərāyəmāh
Egypt towardsnounH4714
Egyptians · Mizraim
וַ/יִּקְנֵ֡/הוּwayiqənēhw
and he bought himconjH7069
buy · teach to keep cattle · get · provoke to jealousy ···
פּוֹטִיפַר֩pwōṭiypar
PotipharnounH6318
סְרִ֨יסsəriys
the official ofnounH5631
eunuch · officer. Compare
פַּרְעֹ֜הparəʿōh
PharaohnounH6547
שַׂ֤רśar
the commander ofnounH8269
chief · general · governor · keeper ···
הַ/טַּבָּחִים֙haṭabāḥiym
the bodyguardsparticleH2876
guard
אִ֣ישׁʾiyš
a mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
מִצְרִ֔יmiṣəriy
an EgyptiannounH4713
of Egypt
מִ/יַּד֙miyad
from the hand ofpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
הַ/יִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔יםhayišəməʿēʾliym
the IshmaelitesparticleH3459
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
whoparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
הוֹרִדֻ֖/הוּhwōriduhw
they had brought down himverbH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
שָֽׁמָּ/הšāmāh
there towardsadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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