Genesis 47:19
Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land won’t be desolate.”This verse in the real world
In what words
- קָנָהqânâhto erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell
- אֲדָמָהʼădâmâhsoil (from its general redness)
- זֶרַעzeraʻseed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
- חָיָהchâyâhto live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
- פַּרְעֹהParʻôhParoh, a general title of Egyptian kings
- לֶחֶםlechemfood (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
- מוּתmûwthto die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- עֶבֶדʻebeda servant
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.