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Genesis 48:1 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.


Genesis 48:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 48:118 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְהִ֗יwayəhiy
and it wasconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
אַחֲרֵי֙ʾaḥărēy
afterpronH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
הַ/דְּבָרִ֣יםhadəbāriym
the thingsparticleH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הָ/אֵ֔לֶּהhāʾēleh
theseparticleH428
so · some · such · them ···
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and someone saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לְ/יוֹסֵ֔ףləywōsēp
to JosephpronH3130
הִנֵּ֥הhinēh
there!particleH2009
lo · see
אָבִ֖י/ךָʾābiykā
father yournounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
חֹלֶ֑הḥōleh
is sickverbH2470
diseased · grief · be grieved · grievous ···
וַ/יִּקַּ֞חwayiqaḥ
and he tookconjH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
שְׁנֵ֤יšənēy
the twoadjH8147
couple · double · second · twain ···
בָנָי/ו֙bānāyw
sons hisnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
עִמּ֔/וֹʿimwō
with himpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
מְנַשֶּׁ֖הmənašeh
ManassehnounH4519
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
andconjH853
אֶפְרָֽיִםʾepərāyim
EphraimnounH669
Ephraimites
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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Omar HassanNote1mo ago
Jacob Was Told That His Father Was Sick
Joseph is told his father is dying, and he brings his two sons to Jacob. What follows is Jacob blessing the grandsons - but crossing his hands so that the younger gets the greater blessing. In Jacob'...
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