Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 47:3 Interlinear

Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Genesis 47:3, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.

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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