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Genesis 46:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On bare unto him.”

Genesis 46:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 46:2017 words
וַיִּוָּלֵדwayiûlēdAnd bear young
לְיוֹסֵףləywōsēp̄To Joseph
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יָלְדָהyālədāhBear young
לּוֹlwōTo
אָסְנַתʾāsənatAsenath
בַּתbatDaughter
פּוֹטִיpwōṭî—
פֶרַעp̄eraʿPoti-Phera
כֹּהֵןkōhēnOfficiating
אֹןʾōnOn
אֶתʾet—
מְנַשֶּׁהmənašehMenashsheh
וְאֶתwəʾet—
אֶפְרָיִםʾep̄ərāyimEphrajim
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּוָּלֵדwayiûlēdAnd bear young
לְיוֹסֵףləywōsēp̄To Joseph
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יָלְדָהyālədāhBear young
לּוֹlwōTo
אָסְנַתʾāsənatAsenath
בַּתbatDaughter
פּוֹטִיpwōṭîdirect object marker (no translation)
פֶרַעp̄eraʿPoti-Phera
כֹּהֵןkōhēnOfficiating
אֹןʾōnOn
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
מְנַשֶּׁהmənašehMenashsheh
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אֶפְרָיִםʾep̄ərāyimEphrajim

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