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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 47:13Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 47:1315 words
וְלֶחֶםwəleḥemAnd food
אֵיןʾênNonentity
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
כִּיRelative conjunction
כָבֵדḵāvēdHeavy
הָרָעָבhārāʿāvThe hunger
מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence
וַתֵּלַהּwatēlahAnd be rabid
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
וְאֶרֶץwəʾereṣAnd earth
כְּנַעַןkənaʿanKenaan
מִפְּנֵיmipənêFrom face
הָרָעָבhārāʿāvThe hunger
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְלֶחֶםwəleḥemAnd food
אֵיןʾênNonentity
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
כִּיRelative conjunction
כָבֵדḵāvēdHeavy
הָרָעָבhārāʿāvThe hunger
מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence
וַתֵּלַהּwatēlahAnd be rabid
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
וְאֶרֶץwəʾereṣAnd earth
כְּנַעַןkənaʿanKenaan
מִפְּנֵיmipənêFrom face
הָרָעָבhārāʿāvThe hunger

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