King James Version

Genesis 41:53

And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.

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וַתִּכְלֶ֕ינָהvatikhleynahand ceaseכָּלָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “and cease”, the next action in the storyH3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, [idiom] fully, [idiom] have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make cle…שֶׁ֖בַעshevasevenשֶׁבַעadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “seven”, the ordinary formH7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare H7658 (שִׁבְעָנָה).שְׁנֵ֣יsheneyearשָׁנֶהadjective, cardinal, masculine, dual, construct — “year”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).הַשָּׂבָ֑עhasavathe abundanceשָׂבָעdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the abundance”, the ordinary formH7647copiousnessabundance, plenteous(-ness, -ly).אֲשֶׁ֥רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…הָיָ֖הhayahbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.בְּאֶ֥רֶץbeeretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “in earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.מִצְרָֽיִםmitsrayimEgyptמִצְרַיִםnoun, proper name — “Egypt”H4714Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower EgyptEgypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the seven years of plenty are completed which have been in the land of Egypt,

World English Bible

The seven years of plenty, that were in the land of Egypt, came to an end.

Darby Translation

And the seven years of plenty that were in the land of Egypt were ended;

Douay-Rheims

Now when the seven years of the plenty that had been in Egypt were past:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the seven years of plenty passed away, which were in the land of Egypt.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Παρῆλθον δὲ τὰ ἑπτὰ ἔτη τῆς εὐθηνίας, ἃ ἐγένοντο ἐν τῇ γῇ Αἰγύπτου.

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