Genesis 39:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.”

Genesis 39:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 39:211 words

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾetNearness

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

אִישׁʾîšMan

מַצְלִיחַmaṣəlîḥaPush

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

בְּבֵיתbəvêtIn a house

אֲדֹנָיוʾădōnāywSovereign

הַמִּצְרִיhamiṣərîThe Mitsrite

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾetNearness

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

אִישׁʾîšMan

מַצְלִיחַmaṣəlîḥaPush

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

בְּבֵיתbəvêtIn a house

אֲדֹנָיוʾădōnāywSovereign

הַמִּצְרִיhamiṣərîThe Mitsrite

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