Genesis 50:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.”

Genesis 50:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 50:314 words

וַיִּמְלְאוּwayimələʾûAnd fill

לוֹlwōTo

אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty

יוֹםywōmDay

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

כֵּןkēnSet upright

יִמְלְאוּyimələʾûFill

יְמֵיyəmêDay

הַחֲנֻטִיםhaḥănuṭîmThe spice

וַיִּבְכּוּwayivəkûAnd weep

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrite

שִׁבְעִיםšivəʿîmSeventy

יוֹםywōmDay

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּמְלְאוּwayimələʾûAnd fill

לוֹlwōTo

אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty

יוֹםywōmDay

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

כֵּןkēnSet upright

יִמְלְאוּyimələʾûFill

יְמֵיyəmêDay

הַחֲנֻטִיםhaḥănuṭîmThe spice

וַיִּבְכּוּwayivəkûAnd weep

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrite

שִׁבְעִיםšivəʿîmSeventy

יוֹםywōmDay

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