Genesis 41:56
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt."
Word-by-Word Analysis
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
יוֹסֵף
Yôwçêph
Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
פָּתַח
pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
מָכַר
mâkar
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
מְאֹד
mᵉʼôd
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or ...
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
Key Terms in This Verse
הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →מָכַר mâkar
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
Study H4376 →מְאֹד mᵉʼôd
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
Study H3966 →פָּתַח pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
Study H6605 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →Cross References
And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face o...
For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth sha...
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
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