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Genesis 41:55 — King James Version← Study notes

And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.


Genesis 41:55Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 41:5520 words
וַתִּרְעַבwatirəʿavAnd hunger
כָּלkālWhole
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
וַיִּצְעַקwayiṣəʿaqAnd shriek
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
אֶלʾelNear
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
לַלָּחֶםlalāḥemTo food
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
לְכָלləḵālTo whole
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrite
לְכוּləḵûWalk
אֶלʾelNear
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יֹאמַרyōʾmarSay
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
תַּעֲשׂוּtaʿăśûDo
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתִּרְעַבwatirəʿavAnd hunger
כָּלkālWhole
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
וַיִּצְעַקwayiṣəʿaqAnd shriek
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
אֶלʾelNear
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
לַלָּחֶםlalāḥemTo food
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
לְכָלləḵālTo whole
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrite
לְכוּləḵûWalk
אֶלʾelNear
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יֹאמַרyōʾmarSay
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
תַּעֲשׂוּtaʿăśûDo

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