Genesis 47:17
They brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the donkeys: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their livestock for that year.This verse in the real world
In what words
- נָהַלnâhalproperly, to run with asparkle, i.e. flow; hence (transitively), to conduct, and (by infer
- מִקְנֶהmiqnehsomething bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition
- חֲמוֹרchămôwra male ass (from its dun red)
- סוּסçûwça horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
- בָּקָרbâqârbeef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collecti
- יוֹסֵףYôwçêphJoseph, the name of seven Israelites
- צֹאןtsôʼna collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
- לֶחֶםlechemfood (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.