Genesis 41:49
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.

Young's Literal Translation
and Joseph gathereth corn as sand of the sea, multiplying exceedingly, until that he hath ceased to number, for there is no number.

King James Bible
And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for [it was] without number.

Hebrew
So Joseph
יוֹסֵ֥ף (yō·w·sêp̄)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3130: Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites

stored up
וַיִּצְבֹּ֨ר (way·yiṣ·bōr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6651: To aggregate

grain
בָּ֛ר (bār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1250: Grain, the open country

in such abundance,
הַרְבֵּ֣ה (har·bêh)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

like the sand
כְּח֥וֹל (kə·ḥō·wl)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2344: Sand

of the sea,
הַיָּ֖ם (hay·yām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

that
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

he stopped
חָדַ֥ל (ḥā·ḏal)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2308: To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle

keeping track of it;
לִסְפֹּ֖ר (lis·pōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5608: To count, recount, relate

for
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

it was beyond
אֵ֥ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

measure.
מִסְפָּֽר׃ (mis·pār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4557: A number, definite, indefinite, narration

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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