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Genesis 46:29 — King James Version← Study notes

And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.


Genesis 46:29Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 46:2917 words
וַיֶּאְסֹרwayeʾəsōrAnd yoke
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
מֶרְכַּבְתּוֹmerəkavətwōChariot
וַיַּעַלwayaʿalAnd ascend
לִקְרַאתliqəraʾtTo encountering
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
גֹּשְׁנָהgōšənāhGoshen
וַיֵּרָאwayērāʾAnd see
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
וַיִּפֹּלwayipōlAnd fall
עַלʿalAbove
צַוָּארָיוṣaûʾrāywNeck
וַיֵּבְךְּwayēvəkəAnd weep
עַלʿalAbove
צַוָּארָיוṣaûʾrāywNeck
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
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Word-by-word meanings

וַיֶּאְסֹרwayeʾəsōrAnd yoke
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
מֶרְכַּבְתּוֹmerəkavətwōChariot
וַיַּעַלwayaʿalAnd ascend
לִקְרַאתliqəraʾtTo encountering
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
גֹּשְׁנָהgōšənāhGoshen
וַיֵּרָאwayērāʾAnd see
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
וַיִּפֹּלwayipōlAnd fall
עַלʿalAbove
צַוָּארָיוṣaûʾrāywNeck
וַיֵּבְךְּwayēvəkəAnd weep
עַלʿalAbove
צַוָּארָיוṣaûʾrāywNeck
עוֹדʿwōdIteration

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