Genesis 41:30

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְ֠קָמוּ שֶׁ֜בַע שְׁנֵ֤י רָעָב֙ אַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ן וְנִשְׁכַּ֥ח כָּל־הַשָּׂבָ֖ע בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וְכִלָּ֥ה הָרָעָ֖ב אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

wə-qāmû seven šənê rāʿāḇ after-them, wə-niškkaḥ all-the-śāḇāʿ in-ʾereṣ miṣrāyim; wə-killāh the-rāʿāḇ ʾet-the-ʾāreṣ.

Grammar Details

• *wə-qāmû*: conjunction + 3rd common plural perfect, Qal - and they will arise
• *šənê*: construct plural of šānâ - years of
• *rāʿāḇ*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the famine
• *wə-niškkaḥ*: conjunction + 3rd masculine singular perfect, Niphal - and will be forgotten
• *śāḇāʿ*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the abundance/plenty
• *ʾereṣ*: feminine singular noun - land
• *miṣrāyim*: proper noun - Egypt
• *wə-killāh*: conjunction + 3rd masculine singular perfect, Piel - and will destroy/consume
• *ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the land

Word Meanings

• *qāmû*: will arise/stand up/appear
• *rāʿāḇ*: famine/hunger/starvation
• *niškkaḥ*: will be forgotten/will not be remembered
• *śāḇāʿ*: abundance/plenty/fullness
• *killāh*: will finish/consume/destroy/end

Referenced Verses

• Gen 41:54 : 54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
• Gen 47:13 : 13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
• Ps 105:16 : 16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
• Jas 5:17 : 17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
• Prov 31:7 : 7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
• Isa 65:16 : 16 That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
• Luke 4:25 : 25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
• 2 Sam 24:13 : 13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
• 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
• 2 Kgs 8:1 : 1 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
• Gen 41:56 : 56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
• Gen 41:21 : 21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
• Gen 41:27 : 27 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
• Gen 41:51 : 51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.