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Genesis 47:1

וַיָּבֹ֣א
bôwʼ
and — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
יוֹסֵף֮
Yôwçêph
Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
וַיַּגֵּ֣ד
nâgad
and — properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
לְפַרְעֹה֒
Parʻôh
to/for — Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר
ʼâmar
and — to say (used with great latitude)
אָבִ֨י
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
וְאַחַ֜י
ʼâch
and — a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like 1])
וְצֹאנָ֤ם
tsôʼn
and — a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
וּבְקָרָם֙
bâqâr
and — a beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
וְכָל
kôl
and — properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
לָהֶ֔ם
le-
to/for them/their
בָּ֖אוּ
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
מֵאֶ֣רֶץ
ʼerets
from — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
כְּנָ֑עַן
Kᵉnaʻan
Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him
וְהִנָּ֖ם
hên
and — lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ
ʼerets
in/with/by — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
גֹּֽשֶׁן
Gôshen
Goshen, the residence of the Israelites in Egypt; also a place in Palestine
Genesis 47:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and their herds and all that they own, have come from the land of Canaan, and they are in the land of Goshen.”
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Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and their herds and all that they own, have come from the land of Canaan, and they are in the land of Goshen.”
Genesis 47:1
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