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Genesis 39:6 — King James Version← Study notes

And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.


Genesis 39:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 39:622 words
וַיַּעֲזֹבwayaʿăzōvAnd loosen
כָּלkālWhole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לוֹlwōTo
בְּיַדbəyadIn hand
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָדַעyādaʿKnow
אִתּוֹʾitwōNearness
מְאוּמָהməʾûmāhSpeck
כִּיRelative conjunction
אִםʾimLo!
הַלֶּחֶםhaleḥemThe food
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הוּאhûʾHe
אוֹכֵלʾwōḵēlEat
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
יְפֵהyəp̄ēhBeautiful
תֹאַרtōʾarOutline
וִיפֵהwîp̄ēhAnd beautiful
מַרְאֶהmarəʾehView
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּעֲזֹבwayaʿăzōvAnd loosen
כָּלkālWhole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לוֹlwōTo
בְּיַדbəyadIn hand
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָדַעyādaʿKnow
אִתּוֹʾitwōNearness
מְאוּמָהməʾûmāhSpeck
כִּיRelative conjunction
אִםʾimLo!
הַלֶּחֶםhaleḥemThe food
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הוּאhûʾHe
אוֹכֵלʾwōḵēlEat
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
יְפֵהyəp̄ēhBeautiful
תֹאַרtōʾarOutline
וִיפֵהwîp̄ēhAnd beautiful
מַרְאֶהmarəʾehView

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