Genesis 47:26 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh’s.”
Genesis 47:26 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 47:2619 words
וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put
אֹתָהּʾōtāh—
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
לְחֹקləḥōqTo enactment
עַדʿadAs far
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
עַלʿalAbove
אַדְמַתʾadəmatSoil
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
לְפַרְעֹהləp̄arəʿōhTo Paroh
לַחֹמֶשׁlaḥōmešTo fifth tax
רַקraqLeanness
אַדְמַתʾadəmatSoil
הַכֹּהֲנִיםhakōhănîmThe officiating
לְבַדָּםləvadāmTo separation
לֹאlōʾNot
הָיְתָהhāyətāhExist
לְפַרְעֹהləp̄arəʿōhTo Paroh
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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