Genesis 47:11 — King James Version← Study notes
“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
וַיּוֹשֵׁבwaywōšēvAnd sit
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
אֶתʾet—
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
וְאֶתwəʾet—
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give
לָהֶםlāhemTo
אֲחֻזָּהʾăḥuzāhSeized
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
בְּמֵיטַבbəmêṭavIn best
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
רַעְמְסֵסraʿəməsēsRameses
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute
פַרְעֹהp̄arəʿōhParoh
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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