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 41:54 — Hebrew 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
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