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Genesis 39:5 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.


Genesis 39:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 39:526 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
מֵאָזmēʾāzFrom at that time
הִפְקִידhip̄əqîdVisit
אֹתוֹʾōtwō
בְּבֵיתוֹbəvêtwōIn a house
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
כָּלkālWhole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יֶשׁyešIs
לוֹlwōTo
וַיְבָרֶךְwayəvāreḵəAnd kneel
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶתʾet
בֵּיתbêtA house
הַמִּצְרִיhamiṣərîThe Mitsrite
בִּגְלַלbigəlalIn circumstance
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בִּרְכַּתbirəkatBenediction
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יֶשׁyešIs
לוֹlwōTo
בַּבַּיִתbabayitIn a house
וּבַשָּׂדֶהûvaśādehAnd in field
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
מֵאָזmēʾāzFrom at that time
הִפְקִידhip̄əqîdVisit
אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)
בְּבֵיתוֹbəvêtwōIn a house
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
כָּלkālWhole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יֶשׁyešIs
לוֹlwōTo
וַיְבָרֶךְwayəvāreḵəAnd kneel
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בֵּיתbêtA house
הַמִּצְרִיhamiṣərîThe Mitsrite
בִּגְלַלbigəlalIn circumstance
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בִּרְכַּתbirəkatBenediction
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יֶשׁyešIs
לוֹlwōTo
בַּבַּיִתbabayitIn a house
וּבַשָּׂדֶהûvaśādehAnd in field

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