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Genesis 41:24 — King James Version← Study notes

And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.


Genesis 41:24Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 41:2413 words
וַתִּבְלַעְןָwativəlaʿənāAnd make away with
הָשִׁבֳּלִיםhāšibŏlîmThe stream
הַדַּקֹּתhadaqōtThe crushed
אֵתʾēt
שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven
הַשִׁבֳּלִיםhašibŏlîmThe stream
הַטֹּבוֹתhaṭōvwōtThe good
וָאֹמַרwāʾōmarAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
הַחַרְטֻמִּיםhaḥarəṭumîmThe horoscopist
וְאֵיןwəʾênAnd nonentity
מַגִּידmagîdFront
לִיTo
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתִּבְלַעְןָwativəlaʿənāAnd make away with
הָשִׁבֳּלִיםhāšibŏlîmThe stream
הַדַּקֹּתhadaqōtThe crushed
אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)
שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven
הַשִׁבֳּלִיםhašibŏlîmThe stream
הַטֹּבוֹתhaṭōvwōtThe good
וָאֹמַרwāʾōmarAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
הַחַרְטֻמִּיםhaḥarəṭumîmThe horoscopist
וְאֵיןwəʾênAnd nonentity
מַגִּידmagîdFront
לִיTo

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