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And Israelוַ יִשְׂרָאֵלcameיָּבֹאinto Egypt,מִצְרָיִםand Jacobוְיַעֲקֹבresided as an alienגָּרin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Ham.חָם
Psalms 105:23
Study it in the app“And Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob resided as an alien in the land of Ham.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 105:23, word by word
- And Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- cameיָּבֹאyavo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” appears- into Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- resided as an alienגָּרgar
sojourn
To live in a place that is not your own.
Where else “gar” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Hamחָםcham
Ham
Ham, one of the three sons of Noah, father of Canaan, Cush and Mizraim; also his descendants and their land.
Where else “cham” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
22to bind his princes at his will, and his elders to make wise.
23 · This verse (above)
24And he made his people very fruitful, and made them stronger than their adversaries.