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Genesis 41:20 — King James Version← Study notes

And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:


Genesis 41:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 41:209 words
וַתֹּאכַלְנָהwatōʾḵalənāhAnd eat
הַפָּרוֹתhapārwōtThe heifer
הָרַקּוֹתhāraqwōtThe emaciated
וְהָרָעוֹתwəhārāʿwōtAnd the bad
אֵתʾēt
שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven
הַפָּרוֹתhapārwōtThe heifer
הָרִאשֹׁנוֹתhāriʾšōnwōtThe first
הַבְּרִיאֹתhabərîʾōtThe fatted
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתֹּאכַלְנָהwatōʾḵalənāhAnd eat
הַפָּרוֹתhapārwōtThe heifer
הָרַקּוֹתhāraqwōtThe emaciated
וְהָרָעוֹתwəhārāʿwōtAnd the bad
אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)
שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven
הַפָּרוֹתhapārwōtThe heifer
הָרִאשֹׁנוֹתhāriʾšōnwōtThe first
הַבְּרִיאֹתhabərîʾōtThe fatted

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