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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 42:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 42:511 words
וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לִשְׁבֹּרlišəbōrTo deal
בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection
הַבָּאִיםhabāʾîmThe go
כִּיRelative conjunction
הָיָהhāyāhExist
הָרָעָבhārāʿāvThe hunger
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
כְּנָעַןkənāʿanKenaan
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לִשְׁבֹּרlišəbōrTo deal
בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection
הַבָּאִיםhabāʾîmThe go
כִּיRelative conjunction
הָיָהhāyāhExist
הָרָעָבhārāʿāvThe hunger
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
כְּנָעַןkənāʿanKenaan

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