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Genesis 47:3 — King James Version← Study notes

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 47:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 47:316 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
אֶלʾelNear
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
מַהmahWhat?
מַּעֲשֵׂיכֶםmaʿăśêḵemAction
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
רֹעֵהrōʿēhTend
צֹאןṣōʾnFlock
עֲבָדֶיךָʿăvādeyḵāServant
גַּםgamAssemblage
אֲנַחְנוּʾănaḥənûWe
גַּםgamAssemblage
אֲבוֹתֵינוּʾăvwōtênûFather
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
אֶלʾelNear
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
מַהmahWhat?
מַּעֲשֵׂיכֶםmaʿăśêḵemAction
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
רֹעֵהrōʿēhTend
צֹאןṣōʾnFlock
עֲבָדֶיךָʿăvādeyḵāServant
גַּםgamAssemblage
אֲנַחְנוּʾănaḥənûWe
גַּםgamAssemblage
אֲבוֹתֵינוּʾăvwōtênûFather

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