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Genesis 41:54 — King James Version← Study notes

And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.


Genesis 41:54Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 41:5417 words
וַתְּחִלֶּינָהwatəḥileynāhAnd bore
שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven
שְׁנֵיšənêYear
הָרָעָבhārāʿāvThe hunger
לָבוֹאlāvwōʾTo go
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
אָמַרʾāmarSay
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
רָעָבrāʿāvHunger
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
הָאֲרָצוֹתhāʾărāṣwōtThe earth
וּבְכָלûvəḵālAnd in whole
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
הָיָהhāyāhExist
לָחֶםlāḥemFood
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתְּחִלֶּינָהwatəḥileynāhAnd bore
שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven
שְׁנֵיšənêYear
הָרָעָבhārāʿāvThe hunger
לָבוֹאlāvwōʾTo go
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
אָמַרʾāmarSay
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
רָעָבrāʿāvHunger
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
הָאֲרָצוֹתhāʾărāṣwōtThe earth
וּבְכָלûvəḵālAnd in whole
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
הָיָהhāyāhExist
לָחֶםlāḥemFood

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