Genesis 47:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֛ה אֶל־אֶחָ֖יו מַה־מַּעֲשֵׂיכֶ֑ם וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֗ה רֹעֵ֥ה צֹאן֙ עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ גַּם־אֲנַ֖חְנוּ גַּם־אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer par'ōh to ʾeḥāyw mah-ma'aśêḵem wə-yōʾmərû to par'ōh rō'ēh ṣōʾn 'ăḇāḏeḵā gam-ʾănaḥnû gam-ʾăḇōṯênû

Grammar Details

*wə-yōʾmer*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and said
*par'ōh*: proper noun - Pharaoh
*ʾeḥāyw*: noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his brothers
*mah-ma'aśêḵem*: interrogative + noun masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - what [are] your occupations
*wə-yōʾmərû*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they said
*rō'ēh*: Qal participle masculine singular construct - shepherd of
*ṣōʾn*: noun feminine singular - flock/sheep
*'ăḇāḏeḵā*: noun masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servants
*gam-ʾănaḥnû*: conjunction + pronoun 1st common plural - also we
*gam-ʾăḇōṯênû*: conjunction + noun masculine plural construct with 1st person common plural suffix - also our fathers

Word Meanings

*rō'ēh*: shepherd/keeper/tender of
*ṣōʾn*: flock/sheep/small cattle

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Referenced Verses

Gen 46:33-34 : 33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation? 34 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Amos 7:14-15 : 14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: 15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
Jonah 1:8 : 8 Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?
2 Thess 3:10 : 10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Gen 4:2 : 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

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