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Genesis 37:3 — King James Version← Study notes

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.


Genesis 37:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 37:315 words
וְיִשְׂרָאֵלwəyiśərāʾēlAnd he will rule as God
אָהַבʾāhavHave affection
אֶתʾet
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
מִכָּלmikālFrom whole
בָּנָיוbānāywSon
כִּיRelative conjunction
בֶןvenSon
זְקֻנִיםzəqunîmOld age
הוּאhûʾHe
לוֹlwōTo
וְעָשָׂהwəʿāśāhAnd do
לוֹlwōTo
כְּתֹנֶתkətōnetShirt
פַּסִּיםpasîmLong and sleeved tunic
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְיִשְׂרָאֵלwəyiśərāʾēlAnd he will rule as God
אָהַבʾāhavHave affection
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
מִכָּלmikālFrom whole
בָּנָיוbānāywSon
כִּיRelative conjunction
בֶןvenSon
זְקֻנִיםzəqunîmOld age
הוּאhûʾHe
לוֹlwōTo
וְעָשָׂהwəʿāśāhAnd do
לוֹlwōTo
כְּתֹנֶתkətōnetShirt
פַּסִּיםpasîmLong and sleeved tunic

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