Genesis 47:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶ֨ת־הָעָ֔ם הֶעֱבִ֥יר אֹת֖וֹ לֶעָרִ֑ים מִקְצֵ֥ה גְבוּל־מִצְרַ֖יִם וְעַד־קָצֵֽהוּ׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾeṯ-hā'ām he'ĕḇîr ʾōṯô to the le'ārîm from miqṣēh gəḇûl-miṣrayim to wə-'aḏ-qāṣēhû

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾeṯ-hā'ām*: conjunction + direct object marker + definite article + noun masculine singular - and the people
*he'ĕḇîr*: Hiphil perfect 3rd masculine singular - he removed/transferred
*ʾōṯô*: direct object marker with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - him/it
*le'ārîm*: preposition + noun feminine plural - to the cities
*miqṣēh*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - from the end of
*gəḇûl-miṣrayim*: noun masculine singular construct + proper noun - the border of Egypt
*wə-'aḏ-qāṣēhû*: conjunction + preposition + noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - even to its end

Word Meanings

*he'ĕḇîr*: removed/transferred/relocated/moved
*le'ārîm*: to the cities/to towns

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 41:48 : 48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.

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