Genesis 50:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.”

Genesis 50:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 50:213 words

וַיְצַוwayəṣawAnd constitute

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

אֶתʾet—

עֲבָדָיוʿăvādāywServant

אֶתʾet—

הָרֹפְאִיםhārōp̄əʾîmThe mend

לַחֲנֹטlaḥănōṭTo spice

אֶתʾet—

אָבִיוʾāvîwFather

וַיַּחַנְטוּwayaḥanəṭûAnd spice

הָרֹפְאִיםhārōp̄əʾîmThe mend

אֶתʾet—

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְצַוwayəṣawAnd constitute

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

עֲבָדָיוʿăvādāywServant

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָרֹפְאִיםhārōp̄əʾîmThe mend

לַחֲנֹטlaḥănōṭTo spice

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אָבִיוʾāvîwFather

וַיַּחַנְטוּwayaḥanəṭûAnd spice

הָרֹפְאִיםhārōp̄əʾîmThe mend

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

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