Genesis 47:4
{ "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" } }