Genesis 41:35

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{ "verseID": "Genesis.41.35", "source": "וְיִקְבְּצ֗וּ אֶת־כָּל־אֹ֙כֶל֙ הַשָּׁנִ֣ים הַטֹּבֹ֔ת הַבָּאֹ֖ת הָאֵ֑לֶּה וְיִצְבְּרוּ־בָ֞ר תַּ֧חַת יַד־פַּרְעֹ֛ה אֹ֥כֶל בֶּעָרִ֖ים וְשָׁמָֽרוּ׃", "text": "*wə-yiqbəṣû* *ʾet*-all-*ʾōḵel* the-*šānîm* the-*ṭōḇōt* the-*bāʾōt* the-these; *wə-yiṣbərû*-*ḇār* under hand-*parʿōh* *ʾōḵel* in-the-cities *wə-šāmārû*.", "grammar": { "*wə-yiqbəṣû*": "conjunction + 3rd masculine plural imperfect, Qal - and let them gather", "*ʾōḵel*": "masculine singular noun - food", "*šānîm*": "feminine plural noun with definite article - the years", "*ṭōḇōt*": "feminine plural adjective with definite article - the good", "*bāʾōt*": "feminine plural participle with definite article, Qal - the coming", "*wə-yiṣbərû*": "conjunction + 3rd masculine plural imperfect, Qal - and let them store up", "*ḇār*": "masculine singular noun - grain", "*parʿōh*": "proper noun - Pharaoh", "*ʾōḵel*": "masculine singular noun - food", "*wə-šāmārû*": "conjunction + 3rd common plural perfect, Qal - and let them keep" }, "variants": { "*yiqbəṣû*": "let them gather/let them collect/let them assemble", "*ʾōḵel*": "food/grain/provisions", "*ṭōḇōt*": "good/pleasant/agreeable", "*bāʾōt*": "coming/arriving", "*yiṣbərû*": "let them store up/let them heap up/let them pile", "*ḇār*": "grain/corn", "*šāmārû*": "let them keep/let them preserve/let them guard" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיִקְבְּצ֗וּ אֶת־כָּל־אֹ֙כֶל֙ הַשָּׁנִ֣ים הַטֹּבֹ֔ת הַבָּאֹ֖ת הָאֵ֑לֶּה וְיִצְבְּרוּ־בָ֞ר תַּ֧חַת יַד־פַּרְעֹ֛ה אֹ֥כֶל בֶּעָרִ֖ים וְשָׁמָֽרוּ׃

Transliteration

wə-yiqbəṣû ʾet-all-ʾōḵel the-šānîm the-ṭōḇōt the-bāʾōt the-these; wə-yiṣbərû-ḇār under hand-parʿōh ʾōḵel in-the-cities wə-šāmārû.

Grammar Details

• *wə-yiqbəṣû*: conjunction + 3rd masculine plural imperfect, Qal - and let them gather
• *ʾōḵel*: masculine singular noun - food
• *šānîm*: feminine plural noun with definite article - the years
• *ṭōḇōt*: feminine plural adjective with definite article - the good
• *bāʾōt*: feminine plural participle with definite article, Qal - the coming
• *wə-yiṣbərû*: conjunction + 3rd masculine plural imperfect, Qal - and let them store up
• *ḇār*: masculine singular noun - grain
• *parʿōh*: proper noun - Pharaoh
• *wə-šāmārû*: conjunction + 3rd common plural perfect, Qal - and let them keep

Word Meanings

• *yiqbəṣû*: let them gather/let them collect/let them assemble
• *ʾōḵel*: food/grain/provisions
• *ṭōḇōt*: good/pleasant/agreeable
• *bāʾōt*: coming/arriving
• *yiṣbərû*: let them store up/let them heap up/let them pile
• *ḇār*: grain/corn
• *šāmārû*: let them keep/let them preserve/let them guard

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Let them gather all the food from these good years that are coming and store up grain under Pharaoh’s authority for food in the cities, and let them guard it.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Let them gather all the food of those good years that are coming, and store up grain under Pharaoh's authority, and let them keep food in the cities.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and let them gather all the foode of these good yeres that come ad lay vp corne vnder the power of Pharo: that there may be foode in the cities

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and gather all ye foode yt shal come of the plenteous yeares, that they maye laye vp corne vnder Pharaos power for sustenaunce in the cities,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Also let them gather all the foode of these good yeeres that come, and lay vp corne vnder the hand of Pharaoh for foode, in the cities, and let them keepe it.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And let them gather all the foode of these good yeres that come: and laye vp corne vnder the hande of Pharao, and let them kepe foode in the cities.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and they gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and heap up corn under the hand of Pharaoh -- food in the cities; and they have kept `it',

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And let them get together all the food in those good years and make a store of grain under Pharaoh's control for the use of the towns, and let them keep it.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They should gather all the excess food during these good years that are coming. By Pharaoh’s authority they should store up grain so the cities will have food, and they should preserve it.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 41:48-49 : 48 { "verseID": "Genesis.41.48", "source": "וַיִּקְבֹּ֞ץ אֶת־כָּל־אֹ֣כֶל ׀ שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר הָיוּ֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם וַיִּתֶּן־אֹ֖כֶל בֶּעָרִ֑ים אֹ֧כֶל שְׂדֵה־הָעִ֛יר אֲשֶׁ֥ר סְבִיבֹתֶ֖יהָ נָתַ֥ן בְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃", "text": "*wə-yiqbōṣ ʾet-kol-ʾōkel* seven *šānîm ʾăšer hāyû* in-*ʾereṣ miṣrayim wə-yitten-ʾōkel* in-the-*ʿārîm ʾōkel śədēh-hāʿîr ʾăšer səḇîḇōteyah nātan* in-*tôkāh*", "grammar": { "*wə-yiqbōṣ*": "waw consecutive with qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he gathered", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*ʾōkel*": "noun masculine singular - food", "*šānîm*": "noun feminine plural - years", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which", "*hāyû*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they were", "*ʾereṣ*": "noun feminine singular construct - land of", "*miṣrayim*": "proper noun - Egypt", "*wə-yitten*": "waw consecutive with qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he placed", "*ʿārîm*": "noun feminine plural - cities", "*śədēh*": "noun masculine singular construct - field of", "*hāʿîr*": "definite article + noun feminine singular - the city", "*səḇîḇōteyah*": "noun feminine plural with 3rd feminine singular suffix - its surroundings", "*nātan*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he gave/placed", "*tôkāh*": "noun masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - its midst" }, "variants": { "*ʾōkel*": "food/grain/produce", "*səḇîḇōteyah*": "its surroundings/around it/its vicinity", "*nātan bə-tôkāh*": "placed inside it/stored within it" } } 49 { "verseID": "Genesis.41.49", "source": "וַיִּצְבֹּ֨ר יוֹסֵ֥ף בָּ֛ר כְּח֥וֹל הַיָּ֖ם הַרְבֵּ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד עַ֛ד כִּי־חָדַ֥ל לִסְפֹּ֖ר כִּי־אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר׃", "text": "*wə-yiṣbōr yôsēp̄ bār kəḥôl hayyām harbēh məʾōd ʿad kî-ḥādal lispōr kî-ʾên mispār*", "grammar": { "*wə-yiṣbōr*": "waw consecutive with qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he piled up/stored", "*yôsēp̄*": "proper noun - Joseph", "*bār*": "noun masculine singular - grain", "*kəḥôl*": "preposition + noun masculine singular construct - like sand of", "*hayyām*": "definite article + noun masculine singular - the sea", "*harbēh*": "adverb - much/greatly", "*məʾōd*": "adverb - very", "*ʿad*": "preposition - until", "*kî*": "conjunction - that/because", "*ḥādal*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he ceased", "*lispōr*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to count", "*ʾên*": "particle of negation - there is not", "*mispār*": "noun masculine singular - number/count" }, "variants": { "*bār*": "grain/corn", "*kəḥôl hayyām*": "like the sand of the sea/immeasurably vast", "*ḥādal lispōr*": "stopped counting/ceased measuring", "*ʾên mispār*": "without number/innumerable/beyond counting" } }
• Gen 41:56 : 56 { "verseID": "Genesis.41.56", "source": "וְהָרָעָ֣ב הָיָ֔ה עַ֖ל כָּל־פְּנֵ֣י הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיִּפְתַּ֨ח יוֹסֵ֜ף אֶֽת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֤ר בָּהֶם֙ וַיִּשְׁבֹּ֣ר לְמִצְרַ֔יִם וַיֶּחֱזַ֥ק הָֽרָעָ֖ב בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃", "text": "*Wə-hārāʿāb* *hāyāh* upon all-*pənê* the-*ʾāreṣ*. *Wə-yip̄taḥ* *Yôsēp̄* *ʾet*-all-that in-them, *wə-yišbōr* to-*Miṣrayim*. *Wə-yeḥĕzaq* the-*rāʿāb* in-*ʾereṣ* *Miṣrāyim*.", "grammar": { "*Wə-hārāʿāb*": "conjunction + common noun, masculine singular with definite article - and the famine", "*hāyāh*": "qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - was/existed", "*pənê*": "common noun, masculine plural construct - faces of/surface of", "*ʾāreṣ*": "common noun, feminine singular with definite article - the land/earth", "*Wə-yip̄taḥ*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and opened", "*Yôsēp̄*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Joseph", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*wə-yišbōr*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and sold/provided grain", "*Miṣrayim*": "proper noun, masculine plural form - Egypt", "*Wə-yeḥĕzaq*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and became strong/severe", "*rāʿāb*": "common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the famine", "*ʾereṣ*": "common noun, feminine singular construct - land of" }, "variants": { "*rāʿāb*": "famine/hunger/scarcity", "*hāyāh*": "was/existed/came to be", "*pənê*": "face/surface/front", "*yip̄taḥ*": "opened/unlocked/unsealed", "*yišbōr*": "sold grain/provided food/supplied provisions", "*yeḥĕzaq*": "became strong/grew severe/intensified" } }
• Gen 45:6-7 : 6 { "verseID": "Genesis.45.6", "source": "כִּי־זֶ֛ה שְׁנָתַ֥יִם הָרָעָ֖ב בְּקֶ֣רֶב הָאָ֑רֶץ וְעוֹד֙ חָמֵ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵין־חָרִ֖ישׁ וְקָצִּֽיר׃", "text": "*Kî-zeh* *šənātayim* *hārāʿāḇ* *bəqereḇ* *hāʾāreṣ* wə-*ʿôd* *ḥāmēš* *šānîm* *ʾăšer* *ʾên-ḥārîš* wə-*qāṣṣîr*", "grammar": { "כִּי־זֶ֛ה": "conjunction + demonstrative pronoun masculine singular - 'for this'", "שְׁנָתַ֥יִם": "noun feminine dual - 'two years'", "הָרָעָ֖ב": "definite article + noun masculine singular - 'the famine'", "בְּקֶ֣רֶב": "preposition + noun masculine singular construct - 'in the midst of'", "הָאָ֑רֶץ": "definite article + noun feminine singular - 'the land/earth'", "וְעוֹד֙": "conjunction + adverb - 'and still/yet'", "חָמֵ֣שׁ": "number feminine - 'five'", "שָׁנִ֔ים": "noun feminine plural - 'years'", "אֲשֶׁ֥ר": "relative pronoun - 'which/that'", "אֵין־חָרִ֖ישׁ": "particle of negation + noun masculine singular - 'no plowing'", "וְקָצִּֽיר": "conjunction + noun masculine singular - 'and harvest'" }, "variants": { "*zeh*": "this, these", "*šənātayim*": "two years, a pair of years", "*hārāʿāḇ*": "the famine, the hunger", "*bəqereḇ*": "in the midst of, inside, within", "*hāʾāreṣ*": "the land, the earth, the ground", "*ʿôd*": "still, yet, again, more", "*ḥārîš*": "plowing, ploughing, cultivation", "*qāṣṣîr*": "harvest, reaping" } } 7 { "verseID": "Genesis.45.7", "source": "וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֤נִי אֱלֹהִים֙ לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם לָשׂ֥וּם לָכֶ֛ם שְׁאֵרִ֖ית בָּאָ֑רֶץ וּלְהַחֲי֣וֹת לָכֶ֔ם לִפְלֵיטָ֖ה גְּדֹלָֽה׃", "text": "*Wayyišlāḥēnî* *ʾĕlōhîm* *lip̄nêḵem* *lāśûm* *lāḵem* *šəʾērît* *bāʾāreṣ* *ûləhaḥăyôt* *lāḵem* *lip̄lêṭāh* *gəḏōlāh*", "grammar": { "וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֤נִי": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - 'and he sent me'", "אֱלֹהִים֙": "noun masculine plural - 'God'", "לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם": "preposition + noun masculine plural construct + 2nd masculine plural suffix - 'before you'", "לָשׂ֥וּם": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - 'to establish/place'", "לָכֶ֛ם": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - 'for you'", "שְׁאֵרִ֖ית": "noun feminine singular - 'remnant/survivors'", "בָּאָ֑רֶץ": "preposition + definite article + noun feminine singular - 'in the land'", "וּלְהַחֲי֣וֹת": "conjunction + preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct - 'and to preserve alive'", "לָכֶ֔ם": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - 'for you'", "לִפְלֵיטָ֖ה": "preposition + noun feminine singular - 'for deliverance/escape'", "גְּדֹלָֽה": "adjective feminine singular - 'great'" }, "variants": { "*wayyišlāḥēnî*": "and he sent me, and he dispatched me", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "God, gods, divine being", "*lip̄nêḵem*": "before you, ahead of you", "*lāśûm*": "to place, to establish, to set", "*šəʾērît*": "remnant, survivor, remainder", "*bāʾāreṣ*": "in the land, on the earth", "*ləhaḥăyôt*": "to preserve alive, to keep living, to save life", "*lip̄lêṭāh*": "for deliverance, for escape, for survival", "*gəḏōlāh*": "great, large, significant" } }
• Exod 4:13 : 13 { "verseID": "Exodus.4.13", "source": "וַיֹּ֖אמֶר בִּ֣י אֲדֹנָ֑י שְֽׁלַֽח־נָ֖א בְּיַד־תִּשְׁלָֽח׃", "text": "And *yōʾmer* by-me *ʾădōnāy* *šĕlaḥ*-*nāʾ* by-hand-*tišlāḥ*.", "grammar": { "*yōʾmer*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw conversive - said", "*ʾădōnāy*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my Lord", "*šĕlaḥ*": "qal imperative, masculine singular - send", "*nāʾ*": "particle of entreaty - please/now", "*tišlāḥ*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will send" }, "variants": { "*šĕlaḥ-nāʾ bĕyad-tišlāḥ*": "send by whomever you will send/send anyone else/send by the hand you will send" } }