Genesis 47:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָה֙ בַּתְּבוּאֹ֔ת וּנְתַתֶּ֥ם חֲמִישִׁ֖ית לְפַרְעֹ֑ה וְאַרְבַּ֣ע הַיָּדֹ֡ת יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶם֩ לְזֶ֨רַע הַשָּׂדֶ֧ה וּֽלְאָכְלְכֶ֛ם וְלַאֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּבָתֵּיכֶ֖ם וְלֶאֱכֹ֥ל לְטַפְּכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

wə-hāyāh in the bat-təḇûʾōṯ û-nəṯattem a ḥămîšîṯ to lə-p̄ar'ōh wə-ʾarba' the hay-yāḏōṯ yihyeh for you for lə-zera' the haś-śāḏeh and for û-lə-ʾāḵləḵem and for those wə-la'ăšer in bə-ḇāttêḵem and for food wə-leʾĕḵōl for lə-ṭappəḵem

Grammar Details

*wə-hāyāh*: conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and it shall be
*bat-təḇûʾōṯ*: preposition + definite article + noun feminine plural - at the harvests
*û-nəṯattem*: conjunction + Qal perfect 2nd masculine plural - and you shall give
*ḥămîšîṯ*: noun feminine singular - fifth part
*lə-p̄ar'ōh*: preposition + proper noun - to Pharaoh
*wə-ʾarba'*: conjunction + number cardinal - and four
*hay-yāḏōṯ*: definite article + noun feminine plural - the parts/portions
*yihyeh*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - shall be
for you: preposition with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - for you
*lə-zera'*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - for seed of
*haś-śāḏeh*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the field
*û-lə-ʾāḵləḵem*: conjunction + preposition + noun masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - and for your food
*wə-la'ăšer*: conjunction + preposition + relative particle - and for those who
*bə-ḇāttêḵem*: preposition + noun masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - in your houses
*wə-leʾĕḵōl*: conjunction + preposition + Qal infinitive construct - and for food
*lə-ṭappəḵem*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - for your little ones

Word Meanings

*bat-təḇûʾōṯ*: at the harvests/with the yields/of the produce
*hay-yāḏōṯ*: the parts/the portions/the shares
*lə-ṭappəḵem*: for your little ones/for your children/for your families

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 41:34 : 34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
Gen 47:25 : 25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
Lev 27:32 : 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.
1 Sam 8:15-17 : 15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. 16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. 17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
Ps 41:1 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)}, A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth{H8688)} the poor: the LORD will deliver{H8762)} him in time of trouble.
Ps 112:5 : 5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Gen 41:34-36
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34Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
35And 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.
36And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
Gen 47:25-26
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25And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
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Gen 47:22-23
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22Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
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Gen 47:16-20
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16And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
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18When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
19Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
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Gen 41:47-48
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Gen 45:10-11
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14And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
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Gen 45:17-18
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