Genesis 45:26 — King James Version← Study notes

“And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed them not.”

Genesis 45:26 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 45:2618 words

וַיַּגִּדוּwayagidûAnd front

לוֹlwōTo

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

עוֹדʿwōdIteration

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

חַיḥayAlive

וְכִיwəḵîAnd relative conjunction

הוּאhûʾHe

מֹשֵׁלmōšēlRule

בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim

וַיָּפָגwayāp̄āgAnd be sluggish

לִבּוֹlibwōHeart

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

לֹאlōʾNot

הֶאֱמִיןheʾĕmînBuild up

לָהֶםlāhemTo

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

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