Genesis 47:16 Go deeper
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And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Genesis 47:16 word 1
יוֹסֵף֙yo.SefJoseph
Lemma: יוֹסֵף (yo.seph) · Strong's: H3130G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Joseph
Used 208 times. Also: Genesis 30:24, Genesis 30:25, Genesis 33:2, Genesis 33:7, Genesis 35:24, Genesis 37:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3130G; TAHOT Genesis 47:16 word 2
הָב֣וּha.Vugive
Lemma: יָהַב (ya.hav) · Strong's: H3051
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to give
Used 33 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 29:21, Genesis 30:1, Genesis 38:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3051; TAHOT Genesis 47:16 word 3
מִקְנֵיכֶ֔םmik.nei.Khemlivestock your
Lemma: מִקְנֶה (miq.neh) · Strong's: H4735
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: livestock
Used 76 times. Also: Genesis 4:20, Genesis 13:2, Genesis 13:7, Genesis 26:14, Genesis 29:7, Genesis 30:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4735; TAHOT Genesis 47:16 word 4
וְאֶתְּנָ֥הve.'e.te.Nahso let me give [it]
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqc1cs)
Meaning: to give: give
Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Genesis 47:16 word 5
בְּמִקְנֵיכֶ֑םbe.mik.nei.Khemfor livestock your
Lemma: מִקְנֶה (miq.neh) · Strong's: H4735
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: livestock
Used 76 times. Also: Genesis 4:20, Genesis 13:2, Genesis 13:7, Genesis 26:14, Genesis 29:7, Genesis 30:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4735; TAHOT Genesis 47:16 word 6
אִם\־'im-if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if
Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518A; TAHOT Genesis 47:16 word 7
אָפֵ֖ס'a.Fesit has come to an end
Lemma: אָפֵס (a.phes) · Strong's: H0656
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to end
Used 5 times. Also: Genesis 47:15, Psalms 77:8, Isaiah 16:4, Isaiah 29:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0656; TAHOT Genesis 47:16 word 8
כָּֽסֶף\׃Ka.sefmoney
Lemma: כֶּ֫סֶף (ke.seph) · Strong's: H3701G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: silver: money
Used 391 times. Also: Genesis 13:2, Genesis 17:12, Genesis 17:13, Genesis 17:23, Genesis 17:27, Genesis 20:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3701G; TAHOT Genesis 47:16 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then bring me | → | יָהַב H3051 to give |
| your livestock | → | מִקְנֶה H4735 livestock |
| said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| Joseph | → | יוֹסֵף H3130G Joseph |
| Since | → | אִם H0518A if |
| the money | → | כֶּ֫סֶף H3701G silver: money |
| is gone | → | אָפֵס H0656 to end |
| I will sell | → | נָתַן H5414G to give: give |
| you food | → | |
| in exchange for your livestock | → | מִקְנֶה H4735 livestock |
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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