“And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.”
Genesis 48:14 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 48:1421 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּשְׁלַח֩wayišəlaḥ
and he stretched outconjH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֨לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יְמִינ֜/וֹyəmiynwō
right hand hisnounH3225
left-handed · side) · south
וַ/יָּ֨שֶׁתwayāšet
and he put itconjH7896
appoint · array · bring · consider ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
רֹ֤אשׁrōʾš
the head ofnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
אֶפְרַ֨יִם֙ʾepərayim
EphraimnounH669
Ephraimites
וְ/ה֣וּאwəhwʾ
and heconjH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
הַ/צָּעִ֔ירhaṣāʿiyr
was the youngparticleH6810
little · small · young(-er · -est)
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
andconjH853
שְׂמֹאל֖/וֹśəmōʾlwō
left hand hisnounH8040
side)
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
רֹ֣אשׁrōʾš
the head ofnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
מְנַשֶּׁ֑הmənašeh
ManassehnounH4519
שִׂכֵּל֙śikēl
he laid cross-wiseverbH7919
expert · instruct · prosper · prudent ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יָדָ֔י/וyādāyw
hands hisnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
כִּ֥יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מְנַשֶּׁ֖הmənašeh
ManassehnounH4519
הַ/בְּכֽוֹרhabəkwōr
was the firstbornparticleH1060
firstborn
ℹWords 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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