Genesis 47:29
Old Testament • 22 words with Strong's data
"And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
קָרַב
qârab
to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
יוֹסֵף
Yôwçêph
Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
חֵן
chên
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
פָּלַל
pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
יָרֵךְ
yârêk
the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
חֵסֵד
chêçêd
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
אֶמֶת
ʼemeth
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
פָּלַל
pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
Key Terms in This Verse
חֵסֵד chêçêd
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
Study H2617 →יָרֵךְ yârêk
the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
Study H3409 →חֵן chên
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
Study H2580 →פָּלַל pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
Study H6419 →Cross References
And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshu...
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from hi...
By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the...
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
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