Genesis 45:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.”

Genesis 45:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 45:1817 words

וּקְחוּûqəḥûAnd take

אֶתʾet—

אֲבִיכֶםʾăvîḵemFather

וְאֶתwəʾet—

בָּתֵּיכֶםbātêḵemA house

וּבֹאוּûvōʾûAnd go

אֵלָיʾēlāyNear

וְאֶתְּנָהwəʾetənāhAnd give

לָכֶםlāḵemTo

אֶתʾet—

טוּבṭûvGood

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim

וְאִכְלוּwəʾiḵəlûAnd eat

אֶתʾet—

חֵלֶבḥēlevFat

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וּקְחוּûqəḥûAnd take

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אֲבִיכֶםʾăvîḵemFather

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בָּתֵּיכֶםbātêḵemA house

וּבֹאוּûvōʾûAnd go

אֵלָיʾēlāyNear

וְאֶתְּנָהwəʾetənāhAnd give

לָכֶםlāḵemTo

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

טוּבṭûvGood

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim

וְאִכְלוּwəʾiḵəlûAnd eat

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

חֵלֶבḥēlevFat

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

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