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Genesis 37:2 — King James Version← Study notes

These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.


Genesis 37:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 37:230 words
HebrewMeaning
אֵ֣לֶּהʾēleh
theseprepH428
so · some · such · them ···
תֹּלְד֣וֹתtōlədwōt
are the accounts ofnounH8435
generations
יַעֲקֹ֗בyaʿăqōb
JacobnounH3290
יוֹסֵ֞ףywōsēp
JosephnounH3130
בֶּןben
was a son ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
שְׁבַֽעšəbaʿ
seven-adjH7651
-s · (-teen · -teenth) · -th ···
עֶשְׂרֵ֤הʿeśərēh
teenadjH6240
fif- · four- · nine- · seven- ···
שָׁנָה֙šānāh
yearsnounH8141
whole age · long · old
הָיָ֨הhāyāh
he wasverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
רֹעֶ֤הrōʿeh
shepherdingverbH7462
break · keep company with · devour · eat up ···
אֶתʾet
withpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
אֶחָי/ו֙ʾeḥāyw
brothers hisnounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
בַּ/צֹּ֔אןbaṣōʾn
the flockpronH6629
flock · lamb · sheep(-cote · -fold ···
וְ/ה֣וּאwəhwʾ
and heconjH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
נַ֗עַרnaʿar
was a youthnounH5288
boy · child · damsel · lad ···
אֶתʾet
withpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
בְּנֵ֥יbənēy
the sons ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
בִלְהָ֛הbiləhāh
BilhahnounH1090
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
and withconjH854
among · before · by · for ···
בְּנֵ֥יbənēy
the sons ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
זִלְפָּ֖הziləpāh
ZilpahnounH2153
נְשֵׁ֣יnəšēy
the wives ofnounH802
each · every · female · many ···
אָבִ֑י/וʾābiyw
father hisnounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
וַ/יָּבֵ֥אwayābēʾ
and he broughtconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
יוֹסֵ֛ףywōsēp
JosephnounH3130
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
דִּבָּתָ֥/םdibātām
report theirnounH1681
evil report · infamy · slander
רָעָ֖הrāʿāh
badadjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אֲבִי/הֶֽםʾăbiyhem
father theirnounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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