Genesis
Genesis 47:8
8“How many years have you lived?” Pharaoh asked.
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.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How many | כַּמָּ֕ה | kam·māh | Preposition-k; Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| years | יְמֵ֖י | yə·mê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H3117 day |
| have you lived | חַיֶּֽיךָ׃ | ḥay·ye·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H2416 alive, living |
| 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 |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.