Genesis 47:26

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּ֣שֶׂם אֹתָ֣הּ יוֹסֵ֡ף לְחֹק֩ עַד־הַיּ֨וֹם הַזֶּ֜ה עַל־אַדְמַ֥ת מִצְרַ֛יִם לְפַרְעֹ֖ה לַחֹ֑מֶשׁ רַ֞ק אַדְמַ֤ת הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ לְבַדָּ֔ם לֹ֥א הָיְתָ֖ה לְפַרְעֹֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-yāśem ʾōṯāh yôsēp̄ for lə-ḥōq until 'aḏ-hay-yôm haz-zeh over 'al-ʾaḏmaṯ miṣrayim for lə-p̄ar'ōh for the fifth la-ḥōmeš raq ʾaḏmaṯ the hak-kōhănîm alone lə-ḇaddām lōʾ hāyəṯāh for lə-p̄ar'ōh

Grammar Details

*wə-yāśem*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and made/established
*ʾōṯāh*: direct object marker with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - it
*yôsēp̄*: proper noun - Joseph
*lə-ḥōq*: preposition + noun masculine singular - for a statute/law
*'aḏ-hay-yôm*: preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular - unto the day
*haz-zeh*: definite article + demonstrative adjective masculine singular - this
*'al-ʾaḏmaṯ*: preposition + noun feminine singular construct - over the land of
*miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
*lə-p̄ar'ōh*: preposition + proper noun - to/for Pharaoh
*la-ḥōmeš*: preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular - for the fifth
*raq*: adverb - only
*ʾaḏmaṯ*: noun feminine singular construct - land of
*hak-kōhănîm*: definite article + noun masculine plural - the priests
*lə-ḇaddām*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - by themselves/alone
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*hāyəṯāh*: Qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - became

Word Meanings

*wə-yāśem*: made/established/set/appointed
*lə-ḥōq*: for a statute/for a law/for a decree
*lə-ḇaddām*: by themselves/alone/only

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 47:22 : 22 Only 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.
Ezek 7:24 : 24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.

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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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21And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
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.
23Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
24And 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.
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43And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
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Gen 47:11
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5And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
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