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Genesis 41:54

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← Genesis 41:53	Genesis 41:54 (KJV)	Genesis 41:55 →
And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.	And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.	And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And the seven^H7651 years^H8141 of dearth^H7458 began^H2490 to come^H935, according as Joseph^H3130 had said^H559: and the dearth^H7458 was in all lands^H776; but in all the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 there was bread^H3899.

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Original Hebrew

וַתְּחִלֶּינָה שֶׁבַע שְׁנֵי הָרָעָב לָבֹוא כַּאֲשֶׁר אָמַר יֹוסֵף וַיְהִי רָעָב בְּכָל־הָאֲרָצֹות וּבְכָל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם הָיָה לָחֶם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/תְּחִלֶּ֜ינָה	va./te.chi.Lei.nah	H2490	HC/Vhw3fp	and/ they began
שֶׁ֣בַע	She.va'	H7651	HAcfsa	seven
שְׁנֵ֤י	she.Nei	H8141	HAcmdc	(the) years of
הָ/רָעָב֙	ha./ra.'Av	H7458	HTd/Ncmsa	(the)/ famine
לָ/ב֔וֹא	la./Vo'	H935	HR/Vqc	to/ come
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֖ר	ka./'a.Sher	H834	HR/Tr	just/ as
אָמַ֣ר	'a.Mar	H559	HVqp3ms	he had said
יוֹסֵ֑ף	yo.Sef	H3130	HNp	Joseph
וַ/יְהִ֤י	va/y.Hi	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ it was
רָעָב֙	ra.'Av	H7458	HNcmsa	a famine
בְּ/כָל	be./khol	H3605	HR/Ncmsc	in/ all
הָ֣/אֲרָצ֔וֹת	ha./'a.ra.Tzot	H776	HTd/Ncbpa	the/ lands
וּ/בְ/כָל	u./ve./Khol-	H3605	HC/R/Ncmsc	and/ in/ all
אֶ֥רֶץ	'E.retz	H776	HNcbsc	(the) land of
מִצְרַ֖יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	HNp	Egypt
הָ֥יָה	Ha.yah	H1961	HVqp3ms	it was
לָֽחֶם	La.chem	H3899	HNcbsa	food

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H2490 — חָלַל (châlal, khaw-lal'): a primitive root (compare חָלָה); also denominative (from חָלִיל); properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute); begin ([idiom] men began), defile, [idiom] break, defile, [idiom] eat (as common things), [idiom] first, [idiom] gather the grape thereof, [idiom] take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
• H3130 — יוֹסֵף (Yôwçêph, yo-safe'): future of יָסַף; let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites; Joseph. Compare יְהוֹסֵף.
• H3899 — לֶחֶם (lechem, lekh'-em): from לָחַם; See also בֵּית לְעַפְרָה; food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it); (shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
• H4714 — מִצְרַיִם (Mitsrayim, mits-rah'-yim): dual of מָצוֹר; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt; Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
• H7458 — רָעָב (râʻâb, raw-awb'): from רָעֵב; hunger (more or less extensive); dearth, famine, [phrase] famished, hunger.
• H7651 — שֶׁבַע (shebaʻ, sheh'-bah): or (masculine) (שִׁבְעָה); from שָׁבַע; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number; ([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare שִׁבְעָנָה.
• H8141 — שָׁנֶה (shâneh, shaw-neh'): (in plural or (feminine) שָׁנָה; from שָׁנָה; a year (as a revolution of time); [phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

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