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Genesis 45:17

וַ יֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל יֹוסֵף אֶמֹר אֶל אַחֶיךָ זֹאת עֲשׂוּ טַעֲנוּ אֶת בְּעִירְכֶם וּ לְכוּ בֹאוּ אַרְצָה כְּנָעַן

And Pharaoh is saying toward He-Adds, `Say toward your brothers, Make this one, [load/stab]1293 your consumers,1294 and walk, come in you all earth-ward of Humbled,


1293

Strong’s #2943,2944 taan. This word occurs only twice. Here the definition is taken to mean “load”. In Isa. 14:19 it is thought to mean stabbed/pierce:

And yourself has been thrown from your burial-place, like a watchman, he-who-is-abhorred a clothing, those-who-are-slain, those-who-are-stabbed [taan] of a sword, those-who-descend toward stones of a cistern, as a corpse is he-who-is-trampled.” Isa. 14:19 literal