Genesis 42:5 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.”
Genesis 42:5 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 42:511 words
וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לִשְׁבֹּרlišəbōrTo deal
בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection
הַבָּאִיםhabāʾîmThe go
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
הָיָהhāyāhExist
הָרָעָבhārāʿāvThe hunger
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
כְּנָעַןkənāʿanKenaan
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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