“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
HebrewMeaning
וַ/אֲמַרְתֶּ֗םwaʾămarətem
and you will sayconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אַנְשֵׁ֨יʾanəšēy
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
מִקְנֶ֜הmiqəneh
livestocknounH4735
flock · herd · possession · purchase ···
הָי֤וּhāyw
they have beenverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
עֲבָדֶ֨י/ךָ֙ʿăbādeykā
servants yournounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
מִ/נְּעוּרֵ֣י/נוּminəʿwrēynw
since youth ourpronH5271
youth
וְ/עַדwəʿad
and untilconjH5704
and · as · at · before ···
עַ֔תָּהʿatāh
nowadvH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
גַּםgam
bothparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
אֲנַ֖חְנוּʾănaḥənw
weprepH587
us · we
גַּםgam
as well asparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
אֲבֹתֵ֑י/נוּʾăbōtēynw
fathers ournounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
בַּ/עֲב֗וּרbaʿăbwr
in order thatpronH5668
for · that · to
תֵּשְׁבוּ֙tēšəbw
you may dwellverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץbəʾereṣ
in the land ofpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
גֹּ֔שֶׁןgōšen
GoshennounH1657
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
תוֹעֲבַ֥תtwōʿăbat
is the abomination ofnounH8441
thing) · abomination
מִצְרַ֖יִםmiṣərayim
EgyptnounH4713
of Egypt
כָּלkāl
everynounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
רֹ֥עֵהrōʿēh
shepherd ofverbH7462
break · keep company with · devour · eat up ···
צֹֽאןṣōʾn
sheepnounH6629
flock · lamb · sheep(-cote · -fold ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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