Genesis 41:42 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;”

Genesis 41:42 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 41:4220 words

וַיָּסַרwayāsarAnd turn

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

אֶתʾet—

טַבַּעְתּוֹṭabaʿətwōSeal

מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above

יָדוֹyādwōHand

וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give

אֹתָהּʾōtāh—

עַלʿalAbove

יַדyadHand

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

וַיַּלְבֵּשׁwayaləbēšAnd wrap around

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

בִּגְדֵיbigədêCovering

שֵׁשׁšēšBleached

וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put

רְבִדrəvidCollar

הַזָּהָבhazāhāvThe gold

עַלʿalAbove

צַוָּארוֹṣaûʾrwōNeck

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּסַרwayāsarAnd turn

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

טַבַּעְתּוֹṭabaʿətwōSeal

מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above

יָדוֹyādwōHand

וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give

אֹתָהּʾōtāhdirect object marker (no translation)

עַלʿalAbove

יַדyadHand

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

וַיַּלְבֵּשׁwayaləbēšAnd wrap around

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

בִּגְדֵיbigədêCovering

שֵׁשׁšēšBleached

וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put

רְבִדrəvidCollar

הַזָּהָבhazāhāvThe gold

עַלʿalAbove

צַוָּארוֹṣaûʾrwōNeck

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