“Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.”
Genesis 47:19 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 47:1925 words
HebrewMeaning
לָ֧/מָּהlāmāh
why?pronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
נָמ֣וּתnāmwt
will we dieverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
לְ/עֵינֶ֗י/ךָləʿēyneykā
to eyes yourpronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
גַּםgam
bothparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
אֲנַ֨חְנוּ֙ʾănaḥənw
weprepH587
us · we
גַּ֣םgam
as well asparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
אַדְמָתֵ֔/נוּʾadəmātēnw
land ournounH127
earth · ground · husband · land
קְנֵֽהqənēh
buyverbH7069
buy · teach to keep cattle · get · provoke to jealousy ···
אֹתָ֥/נוּʾōtānw
usparticleH853
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
andconjH853
אַדְמָתֵ֖/נוּʾadəmātēnw
land ournounH127
earth · ground · husband · land
בַּ/לָּ֑חֶםbalāḥem
for foodpronH3899
eat · food · fruit · loaf ···
וְ/נִֽהְיֶ֞הwənihəyeh
so we may beconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
אֲנַ֤חְנוּʾănaḥənw
weprepH587
us · we
וְ/אַדְמָתֵ֨/נוּ֙wəʾadəmātēnw
and land ourconjH127
earth · ground · husband · land
עֲבָדִ֣יםʿăbādiym
slavesnounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
לְ/פַרְעֹ֔הləparəʿōh
of PharaohpronH6547
וְ/תֶןwəten
and giveconjH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
זֶ֗רַעzeraʿ
seednounH2233
carnally · fruitful · seed · sowing-time
וְ/נִֽחְיֶה֙wəniḥəyeh
so we may liveconjH2421
make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
נָמ֔וּתnāmwt
we will dieverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
וְ/הָ/אֲדָמָ֖הwəhāʾădāmāh
and the landconjH127
earth · ground · husband · land
לֹ֥אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תֵשָֽׁםtēšām
it will be desolateverbH3456
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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