Genesis 41:36 — King James Version← Study notes

“And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.”

Genesis 41:36 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 41:3615 words

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

הָאֹכֶלhāʾōḵelThe food

לְפִקָּדוֹןləp̄iqādwōnTo deposit

לָאָרֶץlāʾāreṣTo earth

לְשֶׁבַעləševaʿTo seven

שְׁנֵיšənêYear

הָרָעָבhārāʿāvThe hunger

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

תִּהְיֶיןָtihəyeynāExist

בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth

מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

תִכָּרֵתtikārētCut

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

בָּרָעָבbārāʿāvIn hunger

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

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