Genesis
Genesis 41:37–38
37This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his officials. 38So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of Godb abides?”
Footnotes
- b 41:38 Or the spirit of the gods
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Genesis 41:37
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This proposal | הַדָּבָ֖ר | had·dā·ḇār | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1697 speech, word |
| pleased | וַיִּיטַ֥ב | way·yî·ṭaḇ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H3190 be good, well, glad, pleasing |
| Pharaoh | פַרְעֹ֑ה | p̄ar·‘ōh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H6547 Pharaoh |
| and all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| his officials | עֲבָדָֽיו׃ | ‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw | Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular | H5650 slave, servant |
Genesis 41:38
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| So Pharaoh | פַּרְעֹ֖ה | par·‘ōh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H6547 Pharaoh |
| asked | וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Can we find | הֲנִמְצָ֣א | hă·nim·ṣā | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H4672 attain to, find |
| anyone like this | כָזֶ֔ה | ḵā·zeh | Preposition-k; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| man | אִ֕ישׁ | ’îš | Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| in whom | אֲשֶׁ֛ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| the Spirit | ר֥וּחַ | rū·aḥ | Noun - common singular construct | H7307 breath, wind, spirit |
| of God | אֱלֹהִ֖ים | ’ĕ·lō·hîm | Noun - masculine plural | H430 God |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Genesis 41:37 Acts 7:10
Genesis 41:38 Job 32:8 · Daniel 5:14 · Numbers 27:18 · Daniel 5:11 · Daniel 4:18 · Daniel 4:8–9 · Daniel 4:6
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.