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 48:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 48:118 words

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part

הַדְּבָרִיםhadəvārîmThe word

הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

לְיוֹסֵףləywōsēp̄To Joseph

הִנֵּהhinēhLo!

אָבִיךָʾāvîḵāFather

חֹלֶהḥōlehBe rubbed

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

אֶתʾet—

שְׁנֵיšənêTwo

בָנָיוvānāywSon

עִמּוֹʿimwōWith

אֶתʾet—

מְנַשֶּׁהmənašehMenashsheh

וְאֶתwəʾet—

אֶפְרָיִםʾep̄ərāyimEphrajim

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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