Genesis 42:7
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יוֹסֵף
Yôwçêph
Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
נֵכָר
nêkâr
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אַיִן
ʼayin
where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
כְּנַעַן
Kᵉnaʻan
Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him
קָנָה
qânâh
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
לֶחֶם
lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Key Terms in This Verse
לֶחֶם lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Study H3899 →קָנָה qânâh
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
Study H7069 →נֵכָר nêkâr
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
Study H5236 →יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
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