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Genesis 41:57 — King James Version← Study notes

And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.


Genesis 41:57Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 41:5712 words
וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
בָּאוּbāʾûGo
מִצְרַיְמָהmiṣərayəmāhMitsrajim
לִשְׁבֹּרlišəbōrTo deal
אֶלʾelNear
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
כִּיRelative conjunction
חָזַקḥāzaqFasten
הָרָעָבhārāʿāvThe hunger
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
בָּאוּbāʾûGo
מִצְרַיְמָהmiṣərayəmāhMitsrajim
לִשְׁבֹּרlišəbōrTo deal
אֶלʾelNear
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
כִּיRelative conjunction
חָזַקḥāzaqFasten
הָרָעָבhārāʿāvThe hunger
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

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