Genesis 47:13 — King James Version← Study notes
“And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.”
Genesis 47:13 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 47:1315 words
וְלֶחֶםwəleḥemAnd food
אֵיןʾênNonentity
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
כָבֵדḵāvēdHeavy
הָרָעָבhārāʿāvThe hunger
מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence
וַתֵּלַהּwatēlahAnd be rabid
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
וְאֶרֶץwəʾereṣAnd earth
כְּנַעַןkənaʿanKenaan
מִפְּנֵיmipənêFrom face
הָרָעָבhārāʿāvThe hunger
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