Genesis 28:14 — King James Version← Study notes

“And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.”

Genesis 28:14 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 28:1415 words

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

זַרְעֲךָzarəʿăḵāSeed

כַּעֲפַרkaʿăp̄arLike dust

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

וּפָרַצְתָּûp̄āraṣətāAnd break

יָמָּהyāmāhSea

וָקֵדְמָהwāqēdəmāhAnd front

וְצָפֹנָהwəṣāp̄ōnāhAnd hidden

וָנֶגְבָּהwānegəbāhAnd south

וְנִבְרֲכוּwənivərăḵûAnd kneel

בְךָvəḵāIn

כָּלkālWhole

מִשְׁפְּחֹתmišəpəḥōtFamily

הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil

וּבְזַרְעֶךָûvəzarəʿeḵāAnd in seed

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

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