Genesis 48:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”

Genesis 48:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 48:1619 words

הַמַּלְאָךְhamaləʾāḵəThe messenger

הַגֹּאֵלhagōʾēlThe redeem

אֹתִיʾōtî—

מִכָּלmikālFrom whole

רָעrāʿBad

יְבָרֵךְyəvārēḵəKneel

אֶתʾet—

הַנְּעָרִיםhanəʿārîmThe boy

וְיִקָּרֵאwəyiqārēʾAnd call out to

בָהֶםvāhemIn

שְׁמִיšəmîAppellation

וְשֵׁםwəšēmAnd appellation

אֲבֹתַיʾăvōtayFather

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

וְיִצְחָקwəyiṣəḥāqAnd Isaac

וְיִדְגּוּwəyidəgûAnd spawn

לָרֹבlārōvTo abundance

בְּקֶרֶבbəqerevIn nearest

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

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

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