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Fortyאַרְבָּעִיםdaysיוֹםwere completedוַיִּמְלְאוּfor him,לוֹforכִּיsoכֵּןare completedיִמְלְאוּthe daysיְמֵיof embalming;הַחֲנֻטִיםand the Egyptiansוַ מִצְרַיִםwept forיִּבְכּוּhimאֹתוֹseventyשִׁבְעִיםdays.יוֹם
Genesis 50:3
Study it in the app“Forty days were completed for him, for so are completed the days of embalming; and the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 50:3, word by word
- Fortyאַרְבָּעִיםarbaim
forty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appears- daysיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- were completedיִּמְלְאוּyimlu
be fulfilled
For a period to run out, or a word to come true.
Where else “yimlu” appears- of embalmingחֲנֻטִיםchanutim
embalm
Prepare a dead body with spices to preserve it.
Where else “chanutim” appears- and the Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsrayim” appears- wept forיִּבְכּוּyivku
weep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
Where else “yivku” appears- seventyשִׁבְעִיםshivim
seventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appears
The context
2Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
3 · This verse (above)
4When the days of weeping for him had passed, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
To study Genesis 50 in a group
1. What it says
What did Joseph say to his brothers when they feared he would take revenge (vv. 15-21)?
2. What it means
What does it mean that they planned evil against him, but Elohim planned it for good (v. 20)?
3. How I live it
Whom do you need to forgive or ask forgiveness from, and what step can you take?