Genesis 39:1 — King James Version← Study notes
“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
וְיוֹסֵףwəywōsēp̄And Joseph
הוּרַדhûradDescend
מִצְרָיְמָהmiṣərāyəmāhMitsrajim
וַיִּקְנֵהוּwayiqənēhûAnd erect
פּוֹטִיפַרpwōṭîp̄arPotiphar
סְרִיסsərîsEunuch
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
שַׂרśarHead
הַטַּבָּחִיםhaṭabāḥîmThe butcher
אִישׁʾîšMan
מִצְרִיmiṣərîMitsrite
מִיַּדmîdFrom hand
הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִיםhayišəməʿēʾlîmThe Jishmaelite
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הוֹרִדֻהוּhwōriduhûDescend
שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere
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