Genesis 47:4 — King James Version← Study notes
“They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”
Genesis 47:4 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 47:423 words
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
לָגוּרlāgûrTo turn
בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth
בָּאנוּbāʾnûGo
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
אֵיןʾênNonentity
מִרְעֶהmirəʿehPasture
לַצֹּאןlaṣōʾnTo flock
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לַעֲבָדֶיךָlaʿăvādeyḵāTo servant
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
כָבֵדḵāvēdHeavy
הָרָעָבhārāʿāvThe hunger
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
כְּנָעַןkənāʿanKenaan
וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
יֵשְׁבוּyēšəvûSit
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
עֲבָדֶיךָʿăvādeyḵāServant
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
גֹּשֶׁןgōšenGoshen
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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