Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 47:28 Interlinear

lived And Jacob in the land of Egypt and seven seventeen years And Jacob years so the whole age and seven years forty was an hundred years

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיְחִ֤יH2421livedto live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
2יַעֲקֹב֙H3290And Jacobjaakob, the israelitish patriarch
3בְּאֶ֣רֶץH776in the landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
4מִצְרַ֔יִםH4714of Egyptmitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt
5שֶׁ֣בַעH7651and sevenseven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
6עֶשְׂרֵ֖הH6240seventeenten (only in combination), i.e., -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
7שָׁנָֽה׃H8141yearsa year (as a revolution of time)
8וַיְהִ֤יH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
9יְמֵֽיH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
10יַעֲקֹב֙H3290And Jacobjaakob, the israelitish patriarch
11שָׁנָֽה׃H8141yearsa year (as a revolution of time)
12חַיָּ֔יוH2416so the whole agealive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
13שֶׁ֣בַעH7651and sevenseven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
14שָׁנָֽה׃H8141yearsa year (as a revolution of time)
15וְאַרְבָּעִ֥יםH705fortyforty
16וּמְאַ֖תH3967was an hundreda hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
17שָׁנָֽה׃H8141yearsa year (as a revolution of time)

Verse Context

Genesis 47:27dwelt And Israel in the country of Egypt in the country of Goshen...
Genesis 47:28 (current)lived And Jacob in the land of Egypt and seven seventeen years And Jacob years so the whole age and seven years forty was an hundred years
Genesis 47:29drew nigh And the time that Israel must die and he called his son...

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