Study it in the app“And at the harvests you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be yours, as seed for the field and as your food and for those in your households, and as food for your little ones.””
And atוְהָיָה בַּthe harvestsתְּבוּאֹתyou shall giveוּנְתַתֶּםa fifthחֲמִישִׁיתto Pharaoh,לְפַרְעֹהand fourוְאַרְבַּעpartsהַיָּדֹתwill beיִהְיֶהyours,לָכֶםas seedלְזֶרַעfor the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהand as your foodוּלְאָכְלְכֶםand for thoseוְלַאֲשֶׁרin your households,בְּבָתֵּיכֶםand as foodוְלֶאֱכֹלfor your little ones.”לְטַפְּכֶם
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appearsproduce
What the land brings forth.
Where else “tevuot” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “netatem” appearsfifth part
One of five equal parts of something.
Where else “chamishit” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appearsfour
Four.
Where else “arba” appearstenon
Parts of an object, or a portion.
Where else “yadot” appearsseed
What is sown to sprout: grains and seeds of plants.
Where else “zera” appearsfarmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sade” appearsfood
Food, provisions.
Where else “achl” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vate” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echol” appearslittle ones
Little ones: the children of a family.
Where else “tap” appears23Joseph said to the people, “Look, I have bought you today, and your land, for Pharaoh. Here is seed for you; sow the land.
24 · This verse (above)
25They said, “You have kept us alive! May we find favor in the eyes of my lord, and we will be slaves to Pharaoh.”
1. What it says
What did Joseph do for his family and for Egypt during the famine (vv. 11-12, 14-26)?
2. What it means
How does Jacob describe his years to Pharaoh, and what does he do when he arrives and when he leaves (vv. 7-10)?
3. How I live it
How can you help someone in need with what you have?
