“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
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יָּ֣שֶׂםwayāśem
and he establishedconjH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
אֹתָ֣/הּʾōtāh
itparticleH853
יוֹסֵ֡ףywōsēp
JosephnounH3130
לְ/חֹק֩ləḥōq
to a statutepronH2706
bound · commandment · convenient · custom ···
עַדʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
הַ/יּ֨וֹםhaywōm
the dayparticleH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
הַ/זֶּ֜הhazeh
thisparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אַדְמַ֥תʾadəmat
the land ofnounH127
earth · ground · husband · land
מִצְרַ֛יִםmiṣərayim
EgyptnounH4714
Egyptians · Mizraim
לְ/פַרְעֹ֖הləparəʿōh
belongs to PharaohpronH6547
לַ/חֹ֑מֶשׁlaḥōmeš
to the fifth partpronH2569
רַ֞קraq
onlyparticleH7535
even · except · howbeit howsoever · at the least ···
אַדְמַ֤תʾadəmat
the land ofnounH127
earth · ground · husband · land
הַ/כֹּֽהֲנִים֙hakōhăniym
the priestsparticleH3548
own · priest · prince · principal officer
לְ/בַדָּ֔/םləbadām
to alone thempronH905
apart · bar · besides · branch ···
לֹ֥אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
הָיְתָ֖הhāyətāh
it belongedverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
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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