Genesis 47:17 — King James Version← Study notes
“And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.”
Genesis 47:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 47:1721 words
וַיָּבִיאוּwayāvîʾûAnd go
אֶתʾet—
מִקְנֵיהֶםmiqənêhemBought
אֶלʾelNear
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give
לָהֶםlāhemTo
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
לֶחֶםleḥemFood
בַּסּוּסִיםbasûsîmIn horse
וּבְמִקְנֵהûvəmiqənēhAnd in bought
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock
וּבְמִקְנֵהûvəmiqənēhAnd in bought
הַבָּקָרhabāqārThe beeve
וּבַחֲמֹרִיםûvaḥămōrîmAnd in ass
וַיְנַהֲלֵםwayənahălēmAnd sparkle
בַּלֶּחֶםbaleḥemIn food
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
מִקְנֵהֶםmiqənēhemBought
בַּשָּׁנָהbašānāhIn year
הַהִואhahiwʾThe he
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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