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And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. (KJV)
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וְלֶ֤חֶםve.Le.chemand [was] food
Lemma: לֶ֫חֶם (le.chem) · Strong's: H3899G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: food
Used 72 times. Also: Genesis 37:25, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 43:31, Genesis 43:32, Genesis 47:12, Genesis 47:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3899G; TAHOT Genesis 47:13 word 1
אֵין֙'einthere not
Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nothing
Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Genesis 47:13 word 2
בְּכָל\־be.kholin all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Genesis 47:13 word 3
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe land
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Genesis 47:13 word 4
כִּֽי\־ki-for
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Genesis 47:13 word 5
כָבֵ֥דkha.Ved[was] heavy
Lemma: כָּבֵד (ka.ved) · Strong's: H3515
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: heavy
Used 41 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 13:2, Genesis 41:31, Genesis 43:1, Genesis 47:4, Genesis 50:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3515; TAHOT Genesis 47:13 word 6
הָרָעָ֖בha.ra.'Avthe famine
Lemma: רָעָב (ra.av) · Strong's: H7458
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: famine
Used 101 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 26:1, Genesis 41:27, Genesis 41:30, Genesis 41:31, Genesis 41:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7458; TAHOT Genesis 47:13 word 7
מְאֹ֑דme.'Odvery
Lemma: מְאֹד (me.od) · Strong's: H3966
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAcmsa)
Meaning: much
Used 300 times. Also: Genesis 1:31, Genesis 4:5, Genesis 7:18, Genesis 7:19, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 13:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3966; TAHOT Genesis 47:13 word 8
וַתֵּ֜לַהּva.Te.lahand it languished
Lemma: לָהַה (la.hah) · Strong's: H3856A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
Meaning: to languish
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3856A; TAHOT Genesis 47:13 word 9
אֶ֤רֶץ'E.retz[the] land of
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Genesis 47:13 word 10
מִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitz.Ra.yimEgypt
Lemma: מִצְרַ֫יִם (mits.ra.yim) · Strong's: H4714G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Egypt
Used 630 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 15:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4714G; TAHOT Genesis 47:13 word 11
וְאֶ֣רֶץve.'E.retzand [the] land of
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Genesis 47:13 word 12
כְּנַ֔עַןke.Na.'anCanaan
Lemma: כְּנַ֫עַן (ke.na.an) · Strong's: H3667A
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Canaan
Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:5, Genesis 13:12, Genesis 16:3, Genesis 17:8, Genesis 23:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3667A; TAHOT Genesis 47:13 word 13
מִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.Nei<from> because of
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face: because
Used 85 times. Also: Genesis 6:13, Genesis 27:46, Genesis 36:7, Genesis 41:31, Exodus 1:12, Exodus 3:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440I; TAHOT Genesis 47:13 word 14
הָרָעָֽב\׃ha.ra.'Avthe famine
Lemma: רָעָב (ra.av) · Strong's: H7458
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: famine
Used 101 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 26:1, Genesis 41:27, Genesis 41:30, Genesis 41:31, Genesis 41:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7458; TAHOT Genesis 47:13 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| There was no | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| food, however | → | לֶ֫חֶם H3899G food |
| in all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| that region | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| because | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| the famine | → | רָעָב H7458 famine |
| was so | → | מְאֹד H3966 much |
| severe | → | כָּבֵד H3515 heavy |
| the lands | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| of Egypt | → | מִצְרַ֫יִם H4714G Egypt |
| and | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| Canaan | → | כְּנַ֫עַן H3667A Canaan |
| had been exhausted | → | לָהַה H3856A to languish |
| by | → | פָּנֶה H6440I face: because |
| the famine | → | רָעָב H7458 famine |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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