Genesis 41:34
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
פַּרְעֹה
Parʻôh
Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
פָּקַד
pâqad
to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
שֹׁטֵר
shôṭêr
properly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
חֵלֶק
chêleq
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
שֶׁבַע
shebaʻ
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
Key Terms in This Verse
פָּקַד pâqad
to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
Study H6485 →שֹׁטֵר shôṭêr
properly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate
Study H7860 →שֶׁבַע shebaʻ
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
Study H7651 →Cross References
And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forwar...
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city.
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