Genesis
Genesis 47:3
3“What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers.
“Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What | מַה־ | mah- | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| is your occupation | מַּעֲשֵׂיכֶ֑ם | ma·‘ă·śê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H4639 deed, work |
| Pharaoh | פַּרְעֹ֛ה | par·‘ōh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H6547 Pharaoh |
| asked | וַיֹּ֧אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| brothers | אֶחָ֖יו | ’e·ḥāw | Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular | H251 brother |
| Your servants | עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ | ‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H5650 slave, servant |
| are shepherds | רֹעֵ֥ה | rō·‘êh | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | H7462 pasture, tend, graze |
| they replied | וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ | way·yō·mə·rū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H559 utter, say |
| 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 | אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ׃ | ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·nū | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural | H1 father |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.