Genesis 48:17 — King James Version← Study notes
“And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.”
Genesis 48:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 48:1723 words
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
יָשִׁיתyāšîtPlace
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
יַדyadHand
יְמִינוֹyəmînwōRight
עַלʿalAbove
רֹאשׁrōʾšHead
אֶפְרַיִםʾep̄ərayimEphrajim
וַיֵּרַעwayēraʿAnd spoil
בְּעֵינָיוbəʿênāywIn eye
וַיִּתְמֹךְwayitəmōḵəAnd sustain
יַדyadHand
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
לְהָסִירləhāsîrTo turn
אֹתָהּʾōtāh—
מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above
רֹאשׁrōʾšHead
אֶפְרַיִםʾep̄ərayimEphrajim
עַלʿalAbove
רֹאשׁrōʾšHead
מְנַשֶּׁהmənašehMenashsheh
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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