Genesis 50:26 — King James Version← Study notes

“So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.”

Genesis 50:26 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 50:2611 words

וַיָּמָתwayāmātAnd die

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

בֶּןbenSon

מֵאָהmēʾāhHundred

וָעֶשֶׂרwāʿeśerAnd ten

שָׁנִיםšānîmYear

וַיַּחַנְטוּwayaḥanəṭûAnd spice

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

וַיִּישֶׂםwayîśemAnd place

בָּאָרוֹןbāʾārwōnIn box

בְּמִצְרָיִםbəmiṣərāyimIn Mitsrajim

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּמָתwayāmātAnd die

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

בֶּןbenSon

מֵאָהmēʾāhHundred

וָעֶשֶׂרwāʿeśerAnd ten

שָׁנִיםšānîmYear

וַיַּחַנְטוּwayaḥanəṭûAnd spice

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

וַיִּישֶׂםwayîśemAnd place

בָּאָרוֹןbāʾārwōnIn box

בְּמִצְרָיִםbəmiṣərāyimIn Mitsrajim

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