Genesis
Genesis 46:34
34you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth — both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| you are to say | וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֗ם | wa·’ă·mar·tem | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural | H559 utter, say |
| Your servants | עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ | ‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H5650 slave, servant |
| have raised livestock | מִקְנֶ֜ה | miq·neh | Noun - masculine singular | H4735 cattle |
| ever since our youth | מִנְּעוּרֵ֣ינוּ | min·nə·‘ū·rê·nū | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural | H5271 youth, juvenility, young |
| both | גַּם־ | gam- | Conjunction | H1571 also, moreover, yea |
| we | אֲנַ֖חְנוּ | ’ă·naḥ·nū | Pronoun - first person common plural | H587 we |
| and | גַּם־ | gam- | Conjunction | H1571 also, moreover, yea |
| our fathers | אֲבֹתֵ֑ינוּ | ’ă·ḇō·ṯê·nū | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural | H1 father |
| Then | בַּעֲב֗וּר | ba·‘ă·ḇūr | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular | H5668 crossed, transit, account |
| you will be allowed to settle | תֵּשְׁבוּ֙ | tê·šə·ḇū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H3427 sit, remain, dwell |
| in the land | בְּאֶ֣רֶץ | bə·’e·reṣ | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct | H776 earth, land |
| of Goshen | גֹּ֔שֶׁן | gō·šen | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H1657 Goshen |
| since | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| shepherds | רֹ֥עֵה | rō·‘êh | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | H7462 pasture, tend, graze |
| are detestable | תוֹעֲבַ֥ת | ṯō·w·‘ă·ḇaṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H8441 abomination |
| to the Egyptians | מִצְרַ֖יִם | miṣ·ra·yim | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H4713 Mitsrite |
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