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

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Word by word

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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Withinבְּע֣וֹד׀bə·‘ō·wḏPreposition-b; AdverbH5750 a going round, continuance
threeשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתšə·lō·šeṯNumber - masculine singular constructH7969 a three, triad
daysיָמִ֗יםyā·mîmNoun - masculine pluralH3117 day
Pharaohפַרְעֹ֤הp̄ar·‘ōhNoun - proper - masculine singularH6547 Pharaoh
will lift offיִשָּׂ֨אyiś·śāVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH5375 lift, take, carry
your headרֹֽאשְׁךָ֙rō·šə·ḵāNoun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singularH7218 head
and hangוְתָלָ֥הwə·ṯā·lāhConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularH8518 hang
youאוֹתְךָ֖’ō·wṯ·ḵāDirect object marker; second person masculine singularH853 mark of the accusative
onעַל־‘al-PrepositionH5921 height
a treeעֵ֑ץ‘êṣNoun - masculine singularH6086 tree, trees, wood
Then the birdsהָע֛וֹףhā·‘ō·wp̄Article; Noun - masculine singularH5775 flying creatures, fowl, insects
will eatוְאָכַ֥לwə·’ā·ḵalConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularH398 eat
the fleshבְּשָׂרְךָ֖bə·śā·rə·ḵāNoun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singularH1320 flesh
of your bodyמֵעָלֶֽיךָ׃mê·‘ā·le·ḵāPreposition-m; second person masculine singularH5921 height

Cross-references

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Genesis 40:22 · Genesis 40:13

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.