Genesis
Genesis 40:19
19Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree.a Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”
Footnotes
- a 40:19 Or and impale you on a pole; similarly in verse 22
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Within | בְּע֣וֹד׀ | bə·‘ō·wḏ | Preposition-b; Adverb | H5750 a going round, continuance |
| three | שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת | šə·lō·šeṯ | Number - masculine singular construct | H7969 a three, triad |
| days | יָמִ֗ים | yā·mîm | Noun - masculine plural | H3117 day |
| Pharaoh | פַרְעֹ֤ה | p̄ar·‘ōh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H6547 Pharaoh |
| will lift off | יִשָּׂ֨א | yiś·śā | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| your head | רֹֽאשְׁךָ֙ | rō·šə·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H7218 head |
| and hang | וְתָלָ֥ה | wə·ṯā·lāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H8518 hang |
| you | אוֹתְךָ֖ | ’ō·wṯ·ḵā | Direct object marker; second person masculine singular | H853 mark of the accusative |
| on | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| a tree | עֵ֑ץ | ‘êṣ | Noun - masculine singular | H6086 tree, trees, wood |
| Then the birds | הָע֛וֹף | hā·‘ō·wp̄ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5775 flying creatures, fowl, insects |
| will eat | וְאָכַ֥ל | wə·’ā·ḵal | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H398 eat |
| the flesh | בְּשָׂרְךָ֖ | bə·śā·rə·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H1320 flesh |
| of your body | מֵעָלֶֽיךָ׃ | mê·‘ā·le·ḵā | Preposition-m; second person masculine singular | H5921 height |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.