Genesis 42:6 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.”
Genesis 42:6 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 42:617 words
וְיוֹסֵףwəywōsēp̄And Joseph
הוּאhûʾHe
הַשַּׁלִּיטhašalîṭThe potent
עַלʿalAbove
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
הוּאhûʾHe
הַמַּשְׁבִּירhamašəbîrThe deal
לְכָלləḵālTo whole
עַםʿamPeople
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go
אֲחֵיʾăḥêBrother
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּwayišətaḥăwûAnd depress
לוֹlwōTo
אַפַּיִםʾapayimNose
אָרְצָהʾārəṣāhEarth
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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