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Genesis 39:1

וְיוֹסֵ֖ף
Yôwçêph
and — Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
הוּרַ֣ד
yârad
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
מִצְרָ֑יְמָה
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
וַיִּקְנֵ֡הוּ
qânâh
and — to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
פּוֹטִיפַר֩
Pôwṭîyphar
Potiphar, an Egyptian
סְרִ֨יס
çârîyç
a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
פַּרְעֹ֜ה
Parʻôh
Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
שַׂ֤ר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
הַטַּבָּחִים֙
ṭabbâch
the — properly, a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food)
אִ֣ישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
מִצְרִ֔י
Mitsrîy
a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim
מִיַּד֙
yâd
from — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows]
הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔ים
Yishmâʻêʼlîy
the — a Jishmaelite or descendant of Jishmael
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
הוֹרִדֻ֖הוּ
yârad
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
שָֽׁמָּה
shâm
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
Genesis 39:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
AMPLIFIED · 1 of 3
Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the [royal] guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites, who had taken him down there.
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Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the [royal] guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites, who had taken him down there.
Genesis 39:1
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