Genesis 40:19 — King James Version← Study notes

“Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.”

Genesis 40:19 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 40:1917 words

בְּעוֹדbəʿwōdIn iteration

שְׁלֹשֶׁתšəlōšetThree

יָמִיםyāmîmDay

יִשָּׂאyiśāʾLift

פַרְעֹהp̄arəʿōhParoh

אֶתʾet—

רֹאשְׁךָrōʾšəḵāHead

מֵעָלֶיךָmēʿāleyḵāFrom above

וְתָלָהwətālāhAnd suspend

אוֹתְךָʾwōtəḵā—

עַלʿalAbove

עֵץʿēṣTree

וְאָכַלwəʾāḵalAnd eat

הָעוֹףhāʿwōp̄The bird

אֶתʾet—

בְּשָׂרְךָbəśārəḵāFlesh

מֵעָלֶיךָmēʿāleyḵāFrom above

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

Word-by-word meanings

בְּעוֹדbəʿwōdIn iteration

שְׁלֹשֶׁתšəlōšetThree

יָמִיםyāmîmDay

יִשָּׂאyiśāʾLift

פַרְעֹהp̄arəʿōhParoh

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

רֹאשְׁךָrōʾšəḵāHead

מֵעָלֶיךָmēʿāleyḵāFrom above

וְתָלָהwətālāhAnd suspend

אוֹתְךָʾwōtəḵādirect object marker (no translation)

עַלʿalAbove

עֵץʿēṣTree

וְאָכַלwəʾāḵalAnd eat

הָעוֹףhāʿwōp̄The bird

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בְּשָׂרְךָbəśārəḵāFlesh

מֵעָלֶיךָmēʿāleyḵāFrom above

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