Genesis 47:22 — King James Version← Study notes

“Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.”

Genesis 47:22 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 47:2223 words

רַקraqLeanness

אַדְמַתʾadəmatSoil

הַכֹּהֲנִיםhakōhănîmThe officiating

לֹאlōʾNot

קָנָהqānāhErect

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

חֹקḥōqEnactment

לַכֹּהֲנִיםlakōhănîmTo officiating

מֵאֵתmēʾētFrom nearness

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

וְאָכְלוּwəʾāḵəlûAnd eat

אֶתʾet—

חֻקָּםḥuqāmEnactment

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נָתַןnātanGive

לָהֶםlāhemTo

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

עַלʿalAbove

כֵּןkēnSet upright

לֹאlōʾNot

מָכְרוּmāḵərûSell

אֶתʾet—

אַדְמָתָםʾadəmātāmSoil

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

Word-by-word meanings

רַקraqLeanness

אַדְמַתʾadəmatSoil

הַכֹּהֲנִיםhakōhănîmThe officiating

לֹאlōʾNot

קָנָהqānāhErect

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

חֹקḥōqEnactment

לַכֹּהֲנִיםlakōhănîmTo officiating

מֵאֵתmēʾētFrom nearness

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

וְאָכְלוּwəʾāḵəlûAnd eat

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

חֻקָּםḥuqāmEnactment

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נָתַןnātanGive

לָהֶםlāhemTo

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

עַלʿalAbove

כֵּןkēnSet upright

לֹאlōʾNot

מָכְרוּmāḵərûSell

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אַדְמָתָםʾadəmātāmSoil

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