Genesis 48:14 — King James Version← Study notes

“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

וַיִּשְׁלַחwayišəlaḥAnd send

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אֶתʾet—

יְמִינוֹyəmînwōRight

וַיָּשֶׁתwayāšetAnd place

עַלʿalAbove

רֹאשׁrōʾšHead

אֶפְרַיִםʾep̄ərayimEphrajim

וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he

הַצָּעִירhaṣāʿîrThe little

וְאֶתwəʾet—

שְׂמֹאלוֹśəmōʾlwōDark

עַלʿalAbove

רֹאשׁrōʾšHead

מְנַשֶּׁהmənašehMenashsheh

שִׂכֵּלśikēlBe

אֶתʾet—

יָדָיוyādāywHand

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

מְנַשֶּׁהmənašehMenashsheh

הַבְּכוֹרhabəḵwōrThe first-born

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשְׁלַחwayišəlaḥAnd send

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יְמִינוֹyəmînwōRight

וַיָּשֶׁתwayāšetAnd place

עַלʿalAbove

רֹאשׁrōʾšHead

אֶפְרַיִםʾep̄ərayimEphrajim

וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he

הַצָּעִירhaṣāʿîrThe little

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שְׂמֹאלוֹśəmōʾlwōDark

עַלʿalAbove

רֹאשׁrōʾšHead

מְנַשֶּׁהmənašehMenashsheh

שִׂכֵּלśikēlBe

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יָדָיוyādāywHand

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

מְנַשֶּׁהmənašehMenashsheh

הַבְּכוֹרhabəḵwōrThe first-born

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