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Genesis 47:20 — King James Version← Study notes

And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh’s.


Genesis 47:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 47:2019 words
וַיִּקֶןwayiqenAnd erect
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
אֶתʾet
כָּלkālWhole
אַדְמַתʾadəmatSoil
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
לְפַרְעֹהləp̄arəʿōhTo Paroh
כִּיRelative conjunction
מָכְרוּmāḵərûSell
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrite
אִישׁʾîšMan
שָׂדֵהוּśādēhûField
כִּיRelative conjunction
חָזַקḥāzaqFasten
עֲלֵהֶםʿălēhemAbove
הָרָעָבhārāʿāvThe hunger
וַתְּהִיwatəhîAnd exist
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
לְפַרְעֹהləp̄arəʿōhTo Paroh
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקֶןwayiqenAnd erect
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
כָּלkālWhole
אַדְמַתʾadəmatSoil
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
לְפַרְעֹהləp̄arəʿōhTo Paroh
כִּיRelative conjunction
מָכְרוּmāḵərûSell
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrite
אִישׁʾîšMan
שָׂדֵהוּśādēhûField
כִּיRelative conjunction
חָזַקḥāzaqFasten
עֲלֵהֶםʿălēhemAbove
הָרָעָבhārāʿāvThe hunger
וַתְּהִיwatəhîAnd exist
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
לְפַרְעֹהləp̄arəʿōhTo Paroh

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