1 {
"verseID": "Genesis.47.1",
"source": "וַיָּבֹ֣א יוֹסֵף֮ וַיַּגֵּ֣ד לְפַרְעֹה֒ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אָבִ֨י וְאַחַ֜י וְצֹאנָ֤ם וּבְקָרָם֙ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָהֶ֔ם בָּ֖אוּ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וְהִנָּ֖ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ גֹּֽשֶׁן׃",
"text": "*wə-yāḇōʾ* *yôsēp̄* *wə-yaggēḏ* *lə-p̄ar'ōh* *wə-yōʾmer* *ʾāḇî* *wə-ʾaḥay* *wə-ṣōʾnām* *û-ḇəqārām* *wə-ḵol-ʾăšer* to them *bāʾû* from *ʾereṣ* *kənā'an* *wə-hinnām* in *ʾereṣ* *gōšen*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yāḇōʾ*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and came",
"*yôsēp̄*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Joseph",
"*wə-yaggēḏ*": "conjunction + Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and told/reported",
"*lə-p̄ar'ōh*": "preposition + proper noun - to Pharaoh",
"*wə-yōʾmer*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and said",
"*ʾāḇî*": "noun masculine singular construct with 1st person suffix - my father",
"*wə-ʾaḥay*": "conjunction + noun masculine plural construct with 1st person suffix - and my brothers",
"*wə-ṣōʾnām*": "conjunction + noun common feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and their flocks",
"*û-ḇəqārām*": "conjunction + noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and their cattle",
"*wə-ḵol-ʾăšer*": "conjunction + noun masculine singular construct + relative particle - and all that",
"*bāʾû*": "Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they came",
"*ʾereṣ*": "noun feminine singular construct - land of",
"*kənā'an*": "proper noun - Canaan",
"*wə-hinnām*": "conjunction + interjection + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and behold they",
"*gōšen*": "proper noun - Goshen"
},
"variants": {
"*wə-yaggēḏ*": "told/reported/announced/declared",
"*wə-hinnām*": "and behold they/and look they are"
}
}
2 {
"verseID": "Genesis.47.2",
"source": "וּמִקְצֵ֣ה אֶחָ֔יו לָקַ֖ח חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה אֲנָשִׁ֑ים וַיַּצִּגֵ֖ם לִפְנֵ֥י פַרְעֹֽה׃",
"text": "*û-miqqəṣēh* *ʾeḥāyw* *lāqaḥ* *ḥămišāh* *ʾănāšîm* *wə-yaṣṣiḡēm* *lip̄nê* *p̄ar'ōh*",
"grammar": {
"*û-miqqəṣēh*": "conjunction + preposition + noun masculine singular construct - and from the end/extremity of",
"*ʾeḥāyw*": "noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his brothers",
"*lāqaḥ*": "Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he took",
"*ḥămišāh*": "number cardinal masculine - five",
"*ʾănāšîm*": "noun masculine plural - men",
"*wə-yaṣṣiḡēm*": "conjunction + Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he presented them",
"*lip̄nê*": "preposition + noun common masculine plural construct - before/in the presence of",
"*p̄ar'ōh*": "proper noun - Pharaoh"
},
"variants": {
"*û-miqqəṣēh*": "from the end of/from among/from some of",
"*wə-yaṣṣiḡēm*": "presented them/stationed them/set them"
}
}
3 {
"verseID": "Genesis.47.3",
"source": "וַיֹּ֧אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֛ה אֶל־אֶחָ֖יו מַה־מַּעֲשֵׂיכֶ֑ם וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֗ה רֹעֵ֥ה צֹאן֙ עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ גַּם־אֲנַ֖חְנוּ גַּם־אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ׃",
"text": "*wə-yōʾmer* *par'ōh* to *ʾeḥāyw* *mah-ma'aśêḵem* *wə-yōʾmərû* to *par'ōh* *rō'ēh* *ṣōʾn* *'ăḇāḏeḵā* *gam-ʾănaḥnû* *gam-ʾăḇōṯênû*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yōʾmer*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and said",
"*par'ōh*": "proper noun - Pharaoh",
"*ʾeḥāyw*": "noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his brothers",
"*mah-ma'aśêḵem*": "interrogative + noun masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - what [are] your occupations",
"*wə-yōʾmərû*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they said",
"*rō'ēh*": "Qal participle masculine singular construct - shepherd of",
"*ṣōʾn*": "noun feminine singular - flock/sheep",
"*'ăḇāḏeḵā*": "noun masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servants",
"*gam-ʾănaḥnû*": "conjunction + pronoun 1st common plural - also we",
"*gam-ʾăḇōṯênû*": "conjunction + noun masculine plural construct with 1st person common plural suffix - also our fathers"
},
"variants": {
"*rō'ēh*": "shepherd/keeper/tender of",
"*ṣōʾn*": "flock/sheep/small cattle"
}
}
4 {
"verseID": "Genesis.47.4",
"source": "וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֗ה לָג֣וּר בָּאָרֶץ֮ בָּאנוּ֒ כִּי־אֵ֣ין מִרְעֶ֗ה לַצֹּאן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ כִּֽי־כָבֵ֥ד הָרָעָ֖ב בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וְעַתָּ֛ה יֵֽשְׁבוּ־נָ֥א עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ בְּאֶ֥רֶץ גֹּֽשֶׁן׃",
"text": "*wə-yōʾmərû* to *par'ōh* *lāḡûr* in the *bāʾāreṣ* *bāʾnû* for *kî-ʾên* *mir'eh* for the *laṣ-ṣōʾn* which to *la'ăḇāḏeḵā* for *kî-ḵāḇēḏ* the *hārā'āḇ* in *ʾereṣ* *kənā'an* *wə-'attāh* *yēšḇû-nāʾ* *'ăḇāḏeḵā* in *ʾereṣ* *gōšen*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yōʾmərû*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they said",
"*par'ōh*": "proper noun - Pharaoh",
"*lāḡûr*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to sojourn/dwell temporarily",
"*bāʾāreṣ*": "preposition + definite article + noun feminine singular - in the land",
"*bāʾnû*": "Qal perfect 1st common plural - we have come",
"*kî-ʾên*": "conjunction + adverb of negation - for there is no",
"*mir'eh*": "noun masculine singular - pasture",
"*laṣ-ṣōʾn*": "preposition + definite article + noun feminine singular - for the flock",
"*la'ăḇāḏeḵā*": "preposition + noun masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to/for your servants",
"*kî-ḵāḇēḏ*": "conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - for is severe",
"*hārā'āḇ*": "definite article + noun masculine singular - the famine",
"*ʾereṣ*": "noun feminine singular construct - land of",
"*kənā'an*": "proper noun - Canaan",
"*wə-'attāh*": "conjunction + adverb - and now",
"*yēšḇû-nāʾ*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural + particle of entreaty - let dwell please",
"*'ăḇāḏeḵā*": "noun masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servants",
"*gōšen*": "proper noun - Goshen"
},
"variants": {
"*lāḡûr*": "to sojourn/to dwell temporarily/to live as a foreigner",
"*kî-ḵāḇēḏ*": "for severe/for intense/for heavy",
"*yēšḇû-nāʾ*": "let dwell please/allow to settle please"
}
}
5 {
"verseID": "Genesis.47.5",
"source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֔ה אֶל־יוֹסֵ֖ף לֵאמֹ֑ר אָבִ֥יךָ וְאַחֶ֖יךָ בָּ֥אוּ אֵלֶֽיךָ׃",
"text": "*wə-yōʾmer* *par'ōh* to *yôsēp̄* *lēʾmōr* *ʾāḇîḵā* *wə-ʾaḥeḵā* *bāʾû* to you",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yōʾmer*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and said",
"*par'ōh*": "proper noun - Pharaoh",
"*yôsēp̄*": "proper noun - Joseph",
"*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying",
"*ʾāḇîḵā*": "noun masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your father",
"*wə-ʾaḥeḵā*": "conjunction + noun masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and your brothers",
"*bāʾû*": "Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they have come",
"to you": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you"
},
"variants": {
"*lēʾmōr*": "saying/to say"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "Genesis.47.6",
"source": "אֶ֤רֶץ מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לְפָנֶ֣יךָ הִ֔וא בְּמֵיטַ֣ב הָאָ֔רֶץ הוֹשֵׁ֥ב אֶת־אָבִ֖יךָ וְאֶת־אַחֶ֑יךָ יֵשְׁבוּ֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ גֹּ֔שֶׁן וְאִם־יָדַ֗עְתָּ וְיֶשׁ־בָּם֙ אַנְשֵׁי־חַ֔יִל וְשַׂמְתָּ֛ם שָׂרֵ֥י מִקְנֶ֖ה עַל־אֲשֶׁר־לִֽי׃",
"text": "*ʾereṣ* *miṣrayim* before you *hîʾ* in *bəmêṭaḇ* the *hāʾāreṣ* *hôšēḇ* *ʾeṯ-ʾāḇîḵā* *wə-ʾeṯ-ʾaḥeḵā* *yēšḇû* in *ʾereṣ* *gōšen* *wə-ʾim-yāḏa'tā* *wə-yeš-bām* *ʾanšê-ḥayil* *wə-śamtām* *śārê* *miqneh* over which to me",
"grammar": {
"*ʾereṣ*": "noun feminine singular construct - land of",
"*miṣrayim*": "proper noun - Egypt",
"before you": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - before you",
"*hîʾ*": "pronoun 3rd person feminine singular - it",
"*bəmêṭaḇ*": "preposition + noun masculine singular construct - in the best of",
"*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun feminine singular - the land",
"*hôšēḇ*": "Hiphil imperative masculine singular - cause to dwell/settle",
"*ʾeṯ-ʾāḇîḵā*": "direct object marker + noun masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your father",
"*wə-ʾeṯ-ʾaḥeḵā*": "conjunction + direct object marker + noun masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and your brothers",
"*yēšḇû*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - let them dwell",
"*gōšen*": "proper noun - Goshen",
"*wə-ʾim-yāḏa'tā*": "conjunction + conditional particle + Qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - and if you know",
"*wə-yeš-bām*": "conjunction + adverb of existence + preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and there are among them",
"*ʾanšê-ḥayil*": "noun masculine plural construct + noun masculine singular - men of ability/competence",
"*wə-śamtām*": "conjunction + Qal perfect 2nd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - then you shall make them",
"*śārê*": "noun masculine plural construct - chiefs of",
"*miqneh*": "noun masculine singular - cattle/livestock",
"over which to me": "preposition + relative particle + preposition with 1st common singular suffix - over what belongs to me"
},
"variants": {
"*bəmêṭaḇ*": "in the best of/in the choicest part of",
"*hôšēḇ*": "cause to dwell/settle/place",
"*ʾanšê-ḥayil*": "men of ability/competent men/capable men",
"*śārê*": "chiefs of/rulers of/officials of"
}
}