Genesis 43:2
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
קָנָה
qânâh
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
מְעַט
mᵉʻaṭ
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
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 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
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