Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 47:3 Interlinear

And they said And Pharaoh unto his brethren What is your occupation And they said And Pharaoh are shepherds Thy servants both we and also our fathers

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֹּֽאמְר֣וּH559And they saidto say (used with great latitude)
2פַּרְעֹ֗הH6547And Pharaohparoh, a general title of egyptian kings
3אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
4אֶחָ֖יוH251unto his brethrena brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
5מַהH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
6מַּֽעֲשֵׂיכֶ֑םH4639What is your occupationan action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
7וַיֹּֽאמְר֣וּH559And they saidto say (used with great latitude)
8אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
9פַּרְעֹ֗הH6547And Pharaohparoh, a general title of egyptian kings
10רֹעֵ֥הH7462are shepherdsto tend a flock; i.e., pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frie
11צֹאן֙H6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
12עֲבָדֶ֔יךָH5650Thy servantsa servant
13גַּםH1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
14אֲנַ֖חְנוּH587we
15גַּםH1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
16אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ׃H1both we and also our fathersfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

Verse Context

Genesis 47:2some of his brethren And he took even five men and presented...
Genesis 47:3 (current)And they said And Pharaoh unto his brethren What is your occupation And they said And Pharaoh are shepherds Thy servants both we and also our fathers
Genesis 47:4They said moreover unto Pharaoh For to sojourn in the land are we come...

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