Genesis 47:19
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
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...
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
קָנָה
qânâh
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
לֶחֶם
lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
פַּרְעֹה
Parʻôh
Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
זֶרַע
zeraʻ
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
שָׁמֵם
shâmêm
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
Key Terms in This Verse
קָנָה qânâh
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
Study H7069 →שָׁמֵם shâmêm
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
Study H8074 →חָיָה châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Study H2421 →כֵּן kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
Study H3651 →לֶחֶם lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Study H3899 →Cross References
And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.
We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
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