“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
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּwayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
פַּרְעֹ֗הparəʿōh
PharaohnounH6547
לָ/ג֣וּרlāgwr
to sojournpronH1481
assemble · be afraid · dwell · fear ···
בָּ/אָרֶץ֮bāʾāreṣ
in the landpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
בָּאנוּ֒bāʾnw
we have comeverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
כִּיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אֵ֣יןʾēyn
there notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
מִרְעֶ֗הmirəʿeh
is pasturenounH4829
pasture
לַ/צֹּאן֙laṣōʾn
for the sheeppronH6629
flock · lamb · sheep(-cote · -fold ···
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
לַ/עֲבָדֶ֔י/ךָlaʿăbādeykā
belongs to servants yourpronH5650
bondage · servant · servant
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
כָבֵ֥דkābēd
was heavyadjH3515
grievous · hard · heavy · laden ···
הָ/רָעָ֖בhārāʿāb
the famineparticleH7458
famine · famished · hunger
בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץbəʾereṣ
in the land ofpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
כְּנָ֑עַןkənāʿan
CanaannounH3667
merchant · traffick
וְ/עַתָּ֛הwəʿatāh
and thereforeconjH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
יֵֽשְׁבוּyēšəbw
let them dwellverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
נָ֥אnāʾ
pleaseparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
עֲבָדֶ֖י/ךָʿăbādeykā
servants yournounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץbəʾereṣ
in the land ofpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
גֹּֽשֶׁןgōšen
GoshennounH1657
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.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!