Genesis 41:54
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שֶׁבַע
shebaʻ
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
חָלַל
châlal
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 (...
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
יוֹסֵף
Yôwçêph
Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
לֶחֶם
lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Key Terms in This Verse
חָלַל châlal
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)
Study H2490 →לֶחֶם lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Study H3899 →שֶׁבַע shebaʻ
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
Study H7651 →פֶּה peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Study H6310 →Cross References
Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
And the famine was sore in the land.
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