“And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.”
Genesis 47:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 47:316 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
פַּרְעֹ֛הparəʿōh
PharaohnounH6547
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אֶחָ֖י/וʾeḥāyw
brothers hisnounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
מַהmah
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
מַּעֲשֵׂי/כֶ֑םmaʿăśēykem
are work yournounH4639
art · bakemeat · business · deed ···
וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּwayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
פַּרְעֹ֗הparəʿōh
PharaohnounH6547
רֹעֵ֥הrōʿēh
are herders ofverbH7462
break · keep company with · devour · eat up ···
צֹאן֙ṣōʾn
sheepnounH6629
flock · lamb · sheep(-cote · -fold ···
עֲבָדֶ֔י/ךָʿăbādeykā
servants yournounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
גַּםgam
bothparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
אֲנַ֖חְנוּʾănaḥənw
weprepH587
us · we
גַּםgam
as well asparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
אֲבוֹתֵֽי/נוּʾăbwōtēynw
fathers ournounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
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.