Genesis 47:3
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.”
מָה
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
רָעָה
are herders of
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רָעָה
To shepherd, to tend, to feed. Raah. To care for a flock with total devotion. The LORD is my shepherd. He takes personal responsibility for every need.
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מַעֲשֶׂה
are works/ your
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מַעֲשֶׂה
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
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עֶבֶד
servants/ your
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עֶבֶד
Servant, slave. Ebed. Moses was called the servant of the LORD, the highest honour. The greatest in God's kingdom is the servant of all.
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גַּם
as well as
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גַּם
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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צֹאן
sheep
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צֹאן
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
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פַּרְעֹה
Pharaoh
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פַּרְעֹה
Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
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