“And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.”
Genesis 48:18 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 48:1814 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יוֹסֵ֛ףywōsēp
JosephnounH3130
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אָבִ֖י/וʾābiyw
father hisnounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
כֵ֣ןkēn
thusadvH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
אָבִ֑/יʾābiy
O father mynounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
כִּיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
זֶ֣הzeh
thisprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
הַ/בְּכֹ֔רhabəkōr
is the firstbornparticleH1060
firstborn
שִׂ֥יםśiym
putverbH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
יְמִינְ/ךָ֖yəmiynəkā
right hand yournounH3225
left-handed · side) · south
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
רֹאשֽׁ/וֹrōʾšwō
head hisnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
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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