“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 47:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 47:2019 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּ֨קֶןwayiqen
and he boughtconjH7069
buy · teach to keep cattle · get · provoke to jealousy ···
יוֹסֵ֜ףywōsēp
JosephnounH3130
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אַדְמַ֤תʾadəmat
the land ofnounH127
earth · ground · husband · land
מִצְרַ֨יִם֙miṣərayim
EgyptnounH4714
Egyptians · Mizraim
לְ/פַרְעֹ֔הləparəʿōh
to PharaohpronH6547
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מָכְר֤וּmākərw
they soldverbH4376
at all · -er · self)
מִצְרַ֨יִם֙miṣərayim
EgyptnounH4713
of Egypt
אִ֣ישׁʾiyš
everyonenounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
שָׂדֵ֔/הוּśādēhw
field hisnounH7704
field · ground · land · soil ···
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
חָזַ֥קḥāzaq
it was severeverbH2388
amend · calker · catch · cleave ···
עֲלֵ/הֶ֖םʿălēhem
on thempronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הָ/רָעָ֑בhārāʿāb
the famineparticleH7458
famine · famished · hunger
וַ/תְּהִ֥יwatəhiy
and it belongedconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
הָ/אָ֖רֶץhāʾāreṣ
the landparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
לְ/פַרְעֹֽהləparəʿōh
to PharaohpronH6547
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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