Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 42:5 Interlinear

Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Genesis 42:5, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.

came And the sons of Israel to buy corn among came for the famine was in the land of Canaan

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1הַבָּאִ֑יםH935cameto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
2בְּנֵ֣יH1121And the sonsa son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
3יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
4לִשְׁבֹּ֖רH7666to buyto deal in grain
5בְּת֣וֹךְH8432corn amonga bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center
6הַבָּאִ֑יםH935cameto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
7כִּֽיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
8הָיָ֥הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
9הָֽרָעָ֖בH7458for the faminehunger (more or less extensive)
10בְּאֶ֥רֶץH776was in the landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
11כְּנָֽעַן׃H3667of Canaankenaan, a son a ham; also the country inhabited by him

Geographic Context

Verse Context

Genesis 42:4 But Benjamin brother Joseph's sent...
Genesis 42:5 (current)came And the sons of Israel to buy corn among came for the famine was in the land of Canaan
Genesis 42:6And Joseph was the governor of the land ...

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