Genesis 47:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.”

Genesis 47:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 47:626 words

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim

לְפָנֶיךָləp̄āneyḵāTo face

הִואhiwʾHe

בְּמֵיטַבbəmêṭavIn best

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

הוֹשֵׁבhwōšēvSit

אֶתʾet—

אָבִיךָʾāvîḵāFather

וְאֶתwəʾet—

אַחֶיךָʾaḥeyḵāBrother

יֵשְׁבוּyēšəvûSit

בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth

גֹּשֶׁןgōšenGoshen

וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!

יָדַעְתָּyādaʿətāKnow

וְיֶשׁwəyešAnd is

בָּםbāmIn

אַנְשֵׁיʾanəšêMan

חַיִלḥayilForce

וְשַׂמְתָּםwəśamətāmAnd put

שָׂרֵיśārêHead

מִקְנֶהmiqənehBought

עַלʿalAbove

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לִיlîTo

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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