King James Version

Genesis 45:2

And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.

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וַיִּתֵּ֥ןvayitenand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and give”, the next action in the storyH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).קֹל֖וֹqolvosoundקוֹלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “sound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6963a voice or sound[phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.בִּבְכִ֑יbivkhiin weepingבְּכִיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in weeping”, the ordinary formH1065a weeping; by analogy, a drippingoverflowing, [idiom] sore, (continual) weeping, wept.וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּvayishmevand hearשָׁמַעconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and hear”, the next action in the storyH8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)[idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) n…מִצְרַ֔יִםmitsrayimof Egyptמִצְרִיnoun, proper name — “of Egypt”H4713a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of MitsrajimEgyptian, of Egypt.וַיִּשְׁמַ֖עvayishmaand hearשָׁמַעconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and hear”, the next action in the storyH8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)[idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) n…בֵּ֥יתbeytfamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…פַּרְעֹֽהparoPharaohפַּרְעֹהnoun, proper name — “Pharaoh”H6547Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kingsPharaoh.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he wept aloud; and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.

Young’s Literal Translation

and he giveth forth his voice in weeping, and the Egyptians hear, and the house of Pharaoh heareth.

World English Bible

He wept aloud. The Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.

Darby Translation

And he raised his voice in weeping; and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.

Douay-Rheims

And he lifted up his voice with weeping, which the Egyptians and all the house of Pharao heard.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he wept aloud; and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he uttered his voice with weeping; and all the Egyptians heard, and it was reported to the house of Pharao.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀφῆκε φωνὴν μετὰ κλαυθμοῦ· ἤκουσαν δὲ πάντες οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι, καὶ ἀκουστὸν ἐγένετο εἰς τὸν οἶκον Φαραώ.