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Josephיוֹסֵףstored upוַיִּצְבֹּרgrainבָּרlike the sandכְּחוֹלof the sea,הַיָּםveryמְאֹדmuch,הַרְבֵּהuntilעַד כִּיhe stoppedחָדַלcounting,לִסְפֹּרforכִּיit was withoutאֵיןnumber.מִסְפָּר
Genesis 41:49
Study it in the app“Joseph stored up grain like the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 41:49, word by word
- Josephיוֹסֵףyosef
Joseph
Joseph, a name borne by several Israelites, above all the son of Jacob and Rachel, sold into Egypt, who became ruler there and saved his family; his sons Ephraim and Manasseh became tribes. The name means "may he add".
Where else “yosef” appears- stored upיִּצְבֹּרyitsbor
heap up, store
Heap up, pile up, store.
Where else “yitsbor” appears- grainבָּרbar
grain
Cereal already threshed and cleaned, the basis of bread.
Where else “bar” appears- like the sandחוֹלchol
sand
Sand.
Where else “chol” appears- of the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- muchהַרְבֵּהharbe
greatly
Used to say 'in great quantity' or 'very much'.
Where else “harbe” appears- he stoppedחָדַלchadal
cease, stop
Stop doing something, cease; leave off.
Where else “chadal” appears- countingסְפֹּרsepor
count
To number one by one in order to know how many there are.
Where else “sepor” appears- numberמִסְפָּרmispar
number
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appears
The context
48He gathered all the food of the seven years that were in the land of Egypt, and put food in the cities; the food of the fields of each city that surrounded it he put in it.
49 · This verse (above)
50To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
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?