Genesis

Genesis 50:3–4

³taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

⁴When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
taking the forty	אַרְבָּעִ֣ים	’ar·bā·‘îm	Number - common plural	H705 forty
days	י֔וֹם	yō·wm	Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
required to complete	וַיִּמְלְאוּ־	way·yim·lə·’ū-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H4390 be full, fill
the embalming	הַחֲנֻטִ֑ים	ha·ḥă·nu·ṭîm	Article; Adjective - masculine plural	H2590 spice, make spicy, embalm
And the Egyptians	מִצְרַ֖יִם	miṣ·ra·yim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4713 Mitsrite
mourned	וַיִּבְכּ֥וּ	way·yiḇ·kū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1058 weep, bewail
for him seventy	שִׁבְעִ֥ים	šiḇ·‘îm	Number - common plural	H7657 seventy
days	יֽוֹם׃	yō·wm	Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When the days	יְמֵ֣י	yə·mê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H3117 day
of mourning	בְכִית֔וֹ	ḇə·ḵî·ṯōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1068 weeping
had passed	וַיַּֽעַבְרוּ֙	way·ya·‘aḇ·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
Joseph	יוֹסֵ֔ף	yō·w·sêp̄	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3130 Joseph
said	וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר	way·ḏab·bêr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1696 speak
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Pharaoh’s	פַּרְעֹ֖ה	par·‘ōh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6547 Pharaoh
court	בֵּ֥ית	bêṯ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
If	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
I have found	מָצָ֤אתִי	mā·ṣā·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H4672 attain to, find
favor	חֵן֙	ḥên	Noun - masculine singular	H2580 favour, grace
in your eyes	בְּעֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם	bə·‘ê·nê·ḵem	Preposition-b; Noun - cdc; second person masculine plural	H5869 eye
please	נָ֨א	nā	Interjection	H4994 I (we) pray, now
tell	דַּבְּרוּ־	dab·bə·rū-	Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural	H1696 speak
Pharaoh that	פַרְעֹ֖ה	p̄ar·‘ōh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6547 Pharaoh

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