Genesis 46:34 — King James Version← Study notes
“That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.”
Genesis 46:34 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 46:3422 words
וַאֲמַרְתֶּםwaʾămarətemAnd say
אַנְשֵׁיʾanəšêMan
מִקְנֶהmiqənehBought
הָיוּhāyûExist
עֲבָדֶיךָʿăvādeyḵāServant
מִנְּעוּרֵינוּminəʿûrênûFrom youth
וְעַדwəʿadAnd as far
עַתָּהʿatāhAt this time
גַּםgamAssemblage
אֲנַחְנוּʾănaḥənûWe
גַּםgamAssemblage
אֲבֹתֵינוּʾăvōtênûFather
בַּעֲבוּרbaʿăvûrIn crossed
תֵּשְׁבוּtēšəvûSit
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
גֹּשֶׁןgōšenGoshen
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
תוֹעֲבַתtwōʿăvatDisgusting
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrite
כָּלkālWhole
רֹעֵהrōʿēhTend
צֹאןṣōʾnFlock
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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