Genesis 41:56 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.”
Genesis 41:56 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 41:5618 words
וְהָרָעָבwəhārāʿāvAnd the hunger
הָיָהhāyāhExist
עַלʿalAbove
כָּלkālWhole
פְּנֵיpənêFace
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וַיִּפְתַּחwayip̄ətaḥAnd open wide
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
אֶתʾet—
כָּלkālWhole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בָּהֶםbāhemIn
וַיִּשְׁבֹּרwayišəbōrAnd deal
לְמִצְרַיִםləmiṣərayimTo Mitsrite
וַיֶּחֱזַקwayeḥĕzaqAnd fasten
הָרָעָבhārāʿāvThe hunger
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim
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