Genesis 41:36
This food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine to come upon the land of Egypt. Then the country will not perish in the famine.”
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ASV
And the food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
KJV
And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
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15 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָיָ֨ה | ve.ha.Yah | and it will become | H1961 → |
| הָאֹ֤כֶל | ha.'O.khel | the food | H400 → |
| לְפִקָּדוֹן֙ | le.fi.ka.dOn | <into> a store | H6487 → |
| לָאָ֔רֶץ | la.'A.retz | for the land | H776 → |
| לְשֶׁ֙בַע֙ | le.She.va' | for seven | H7651 → |
| שְׁנֵ֣י | she.Nei | [the] years of | H8141 → |
| הָרָעָ֔ב | ha.ra.'Av | <the> famine | H7458 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| תִּהְיֶ֖יןָ | tih.Yei.na | they will be | H1961 → |
| בְּאֶ֣רֶץ | be.'E.retz | in [the] land of | H776 → |
| מִצְרָ֑יִם | mitz.Ra.yim | Egypt | H4714 → |
| וְלֹֽא־ | ve.lo'- | and not | H3808 → |
| תִכָּרֵ֥ת | ti.ka.Ret | it will be cut off | H3772 → |
| הָאָ֖רֶץ | ha.'A.retz | the land | H776 → |
| בָּרָעָֽב׃ | ba.ra.'Av | by the famine | H7458 → |
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