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Genesis 45:9 — King James Version← Study notes

Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:


Genesis 45:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 45:919 words
מַהֲרוּmahărûBe liquid
וַעֲלוּwaʿălûAnd ascend
אֶלʾelNear
אָבִיʾāvîFather
וַאֲמַרְתֶּםwaʾămarətemAnd say
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
כֹּהkōhLike this
אָמַרʾāmarSay
בִּנְךָbinəḵāSon
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
שָׂמַנִיśāmanîPut
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
לְאָדוֹןləʾādwōnTo sovereign
לְכָלləḵālTo whole
מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim
רְדָהrədāhDescend
אֵלַיʾēlayNear
אַלʾalNot
תַּעֲמֹדtaʿămōdStand
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

מַהֲרוּmahărûBe liquid
וַעֲלוּwaʿălûAnd ascend
אֶלʾelNear
אָבִיʾāvîFather
וַאֲמַרְתֶּםwaʾămarətemAnd say
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
כֹּהkōhLike this
אָמַרʾāmarSay
בִּנְךָbinəḵāSon
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
שָׂמַנִיśāmanîPut
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
לְאָדוֹןləʾādwōnTo sovereign
לְכָלləḵālTo whole
מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim
רְדָהrədāhDescend
אֵלַיʾēlayNear
אַלʾalNot
תַּעֲמֹדtaʿămōdStand

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