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He sentשָׁלַחbefore themלִפְנֵיהֶםa man;אִישׁas a slaveלְעֶבֶדJosephיוֹסֵףwas sold.נִמְכַּר
Psalms 105:17
Study it in the app“He sent before them a man; as a slave Joseph was sold.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 105:17, word by word
- He sentשָׁלַחshalach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalach” appears- before themפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- as a slaveעֶבֶדeved
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “eved” appears- 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- was soldנִמְכַּרnimkar
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “nimkar” appears
The context
16And he called a famine upon the land; every staff of bread he broke.
17 · This verse (above)
18They afflicted with fetters his feet; into iron his soul entered,