Genesis 17:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.”

Genesis 17:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 17:1614 words

וּבֵרַכְתִּיûvēraḵətîAnd kneel

אֹתָהּʾōtāh—

וְגַםwəgamAnd assemblage

נָתַתִּיnātatîGive

מִמֶּנָּהmimenāhPart

לְךָləḵāTo

בֵּןbēnSon

וּבֵרַכְתִּיהָûvēraḵətîhāAnd kneel

וְהָיְתָהwəhāyətāhAnd exist

לְגוֹיִםləgwōyimTo nation

מַלְכֵיmaləḵêKing

עַמִּיםʿamîmPeople

מִמֶּנָּהmimenāhPart

יִהְיוּyihəyûExist

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וּבֵרַכְתִּיûvēraḵətîAnd kneel

אֹתָהּʾōtāhdirect object marker (no translation)

וְגַםwəgamAnd assemblage

נָתַתִּיnātatîGive

מִמֶּנָּהmimenāhPart

לְךָləḵāTo

בֵּןbēnSon

וּבֵרַכְתִּיהָûvēraḵətîhāAnd kneel

וְהָיְתָהwəhāyətāhAnd exist

לְגוֹיִםləgwōyimTo nation

מַלְכֵיmaləḵêKing

עַמִּיםʿamîmPeople

מִמֶּנָּהmimenāhPart

יִהְיוּyihəyûExist

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