Genesis 48:19 — King James Version← Study notes
“And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.”
Genesis 48:19 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 48:1922 words
וַיְמָאֵןwayəmāʾēnAnd refuse
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יָדַעְתִּיyādaʿətîKnow
בְנִיvənîSon
יָדַעְתִּיyādaʿətîKnow
גַּםgamAssemblage
הוּאhûʾHe
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
לְּעָםləʿāmTo people
וְגַםwəgamAnd assemblage
הוּאhûʾHe
יִגְדָּלyigədālBe
וְאוּלָםwəʾûlāmAnd however
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
הַקָּטֹןhaqāṭōnThe abbreviated
יִגְדַּלyigədalBe
מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart
וְזַרְעוֹwəzarəʿwōAnd seed
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
מְלֹאməlōʾFulness
הַגּוֹיִםhagwōyimThe nation
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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