Genesis

Genesis 45:16

¹⁶When the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When the news	וְהַקֹּ֣ל	wə·haq·qōl	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6963 sound, voice
reached	נִשְׁמַ֗ע	niš·ma‘	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H8085 hear
Pharaoh’s	פַּרְעֹה֙	par·‘ōh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6547 Pharaoh
house	בֵּ֤ית	bêṯ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
that Joseph’s	יוֹסֵ֑ף	yō·w·sêp̄	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3130 Joseph
brothers	אֲחֵ֣י	’ă·ḥê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H251 brother
had come	בָּ֖אוּ	bā·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
Pharaoh	פַרְעֹ֔ה	p̄ar·‘ōh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6547 Pharaoh
and his servants	עֲבָדָֽיו׃	‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H5650 slave, servant
were pleased	וַיִּיטַב֙	way·yî·ṭaḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3190 be good, well, glad, pleasing

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.