Original Language Studio
Genesis 41:55
“And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.” (KJV)
Tap a word · read right to left
Lexical meaning
H7456 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to hunger
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- (suffer to) famish, (be, have, suffer, suffer to) hunger(-ry).
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- תִּרְעַב֙ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 13 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 8:3Psalms 34:11Psalms 50:12Proverbs 6:30Proverbs 10:3
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read רָעֵב here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.