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 41:55 — Hebrew 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
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