Genesis 45:6 — King James Version← Study notes
“For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.”
Genesis 45:6 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 45:613 words
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
זֶהzehThis
שְׁנָתַיִםšənātayimYear
הָרָעָבhārāʿāvThe hunger
בְּקֶרֶבbəqerevIn nearest
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וְעוֹדwəʿwōdAnd iteration
חָמֵשׁḥāmēšFive
שָׁנִיםšānîmYear
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אֵיןʾênNonentity
חָרִישׁḥārîšPloughing
וְקָצִּירwəqāṣîrAnd severed
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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