Genesis 47:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.”

Genesis 47:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 47:2110 words

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

הֶעֱבִירheʿĕvîrCross

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

לֶעָרִיםleʿārîmTo city

מִקְצֵהmiqəṣēhFrom extremity

גְבוּלgəvûlCord

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim

וְעַדwəʿadAnd as far

קָצֵהוּqāṣēhûExtremity

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

הֶעֱבִירheʿĕvîrCross

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

לֶעָרִיםleʿārîmTo city

מִקְצֵהmiqəṣēhFrom extremity

גְבוּלgəvûlCord

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim

וְעַדwəʿadAnd as far

קָצֵהוּqāṣēhûExtremity

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