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Genesis 47:15 — King James Version← Study notes

And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.


Genesis 47:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 47:1521 words
וַיִּתֹּםwayitōmAnd complete
הַכֶּסֶףhakesep̄The silver
מֵאֶרֶץmēʾereṣFrom earth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
וּמֵאֶרֶץûmēʾereṣAnd from earth
כְּנַעַןkənaʿanKenaan
וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go
כָלḵālWhole
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrite
אֶלʾelNear
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
הָבָהhāvāhGive
לָּנוּlānûTo
לֶחֶםleḥemFood
וְלָמָּהwəlāmāhAnd to what?
נָמוּתnāmûtDie
נֶגְדֶּךָnegədeḵāFront
כִּיRelative conjunction
אָפֵסʾāp̄ēsDisappear
כָּסֶףkāsep̄Silver
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּתֹּםwayitōmAnd complete
הַכֶּסֶףhakesep̄The silver
מֵאֶרֶץmēʾereṣFrom earth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
וּמֵאֶרֶץûmēʾereṣAnd from earth
כְּנַעַןkənaʿanKenaan
וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go
כָלḵālWhole
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrite
אֶלʾelNear
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
הָבָהhāvāhGive
לָּנוּlānûTo
לֶחֶםleḥemFood
וְלָמָּהwəlāmāhAnd to what?
נָמוּתnāmûtDie
נֶגְדֶּךָnegədeḵāFront
כִּיRelative conjunction
אָפֵסʾāp̄ēsDisappear
כָּסֶףkāsep̄Silver

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