“And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.”
Genesis 47:11 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 47:1118 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יּוֹשֵׁ֣בwaywōšēb
and he caused to dwellconjH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
יוֹסֵף֮ywōsēp
JosephnounH3130
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אָבִ֣י/וʾābiyw
father hisnounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
andconjH853
אֶחָי/ו֒ʾeḥāyw
brothers hisnounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
וַ/יִּתֵּ֨ןwayitēn
and he gaveconjH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לָ/הֶ֤םlāhem
pron
אֲחֻזָּה֙ʾăḥuzāh
a possessionnounH272
בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץbəʾereṣ
in the land ofpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
מִצְרַ֔יִםmiṣərayim
EgyptnounH4714
Egyptians · Mizraim
בְּ/מֵיטַ֥בbəmēyṭab
in the best ofpronH4315
הָ/אָ֖רֶץhāʾāreṣ
the landparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץbəʾereṣ
in the land ofpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
רַעְמְסֵ֑סraʿəməsēs
RamesesnounH7486
Rameses
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֖רkaʾăšer
just aspronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
צִוָּ֥הṣiwāh
he had commandedverbH6680
bid · charge · (give a · give in ···
פַרְעֹֽהparəʿōh
PharaohnounH6547
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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