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He had him rideוַיַּרְכֵּב אֹתוֹin the secondהַמִּשְׁנֶהchariotבְּמִרְכֶּבֶתthatאֲשֶׁרhe had,לוֹand they cried outוַיִּקְרְאוּbefore him,לְפָנָיו“Abrek!”אַבְרֵךְSo he setוְנָתוֹןhimאֹתוֹoverעַלallכָּלthe landאֶרֶץof Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
Genesis 41:43
Study it in the app“He had him ride in the second chariot that he had, and they cried out before him, “Abrek!” So he set him over all the land of Egypt.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 41:43, word by word
- He had him rideיַּרְכֵּבyarkev
set on
To set someone on a mount.
Where else “yarkev” appears- in the secondמִּשְׁנֶהmishne
second
Next in rank after the king.
Where else “mishne” appears- chariotמִרְכֶּבֶתmirkevet
chariot
Chariot: a cart drawn by horses, for war or for travel.
Where else “mirkevet” appears- and they cried outיִּקְרְאוּyikru
cry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “yikru” appears- before himפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears- “Abrekאַבְרֵךְavrech
Abrech
Abrech: the cry that announced Joseph's passing; its exact sense is not known.
Where else “avrech” appears- So he setנָתוֹןnaton
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “naton” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears
Translation note
“Abrek” is an acclamation whose meaning is not known with certainty; it appears only here.
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
42Then Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand and put it on the hand of Joseph; he clothed him in garments of fine linen and put a chain of gold around his neck.
43 · This verse (above)
44Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and without you no one will lift his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.”
To study Genesis 41 in a group
1. What it says
What did Pharaoh dream, and what plan did Joseph propose (vv. 1-7, 33-36)?
2. What it means
Why did Pharaoh recognize that the spirit of Elohim was in Joseph (v. 38)?
3. How I live it
What can you wisely prepare today for hard times that might come?