Genesis 46:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Jacob rose up from Beer–sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.”

Genesis 46:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 46:520 words

וַיָּקָםwayāqāmAnd rise

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

מִבְּאֵרmibəʾērFrom

שָׁבַעšāvaʿBeer-Sheba

וַיִּשְׂאוּwayiśəʾûAnd lift

בְנֵיvənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אֶתʾet—

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

אֲבִיהֶםʾăvîhemFather

וְאֶתwəʾet—

טַפָּםṭapāmFamily

וְאֶתwəʾet—

נְשֵׁיהֶםnəšêhemWoman

בָּעֲגָלוֹתbāʿăgālwōtIn revolving

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

שָׁלַחšālaḥSend

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

לָשֵׂאתlāśēʾtTo lift

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּקָםwayāqāmAnd rise

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

מִבְּאֵרmibəʾērFrom

שָׁבַעšāvaʿBeer-Sheba

וַיִּשְׂאוּwayiśəʾûAnd lift

בְנֵיvənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

אֲבִיהֶםʾăvîhemFather

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

טַפָּםṭapāmFamily

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

נְשֵׁיהֶםnəšêhemWoman

בָּעֲגָלוֹתbāʿăgālwōtIn revolving

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

שָׁלַחšālaḥSend

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

לָשֵׂאתlāśēʾtTo lift

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

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