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There went upוַיַּעַלwith himעִמּוֹbothגַּםchariotsרֶכֶבandגַּםhorsemen;פָּרָשִׁיםand the companyהַמַּחֲנֶהwasוַיְהִיveryמְאֹדlarge.כָּבֵד
Genesis 50:9
Study it in the app“There went up with him both chariots and horsemen; and the company was very large.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 50:9, word by word
- There went upיַּעַלyaal
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appears- chariotsרֶכֶבrechev
chariot
War chariots.
Where else “rechev” appears- horsemenפָּרָשִׁיםparashim
horseman
A soldier who fights mounted on a horse.
Where else “parashim” appears- and the companyמַּחֲנֶהmachane
army
The people encamped, a host of soldiers.
Where else “machane” appears- wasיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- largeכָּבֵדkaved
great
That abounds or is very great in number or size.
Where else “kaved” appears
The context
8and all the household of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s household; only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds they left in the land of Goshen.
9 · This verse (above)
10They came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they lamented there with a great and very solemn lamentation; and he observed a mourning of seven days for his father.
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?