“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
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְמָאֵ֣ןwayəmāʾēn
and he refusedconjH3985
utterly
אָבִ֗י/וʾābiyw
father hisnounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙wayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יָדַ֤עְתִּֽיyādaʿətiy
I knowverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
בְנִ/י֙bəniy
O son mynounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
יָדַ֔עְתִּיyādaʿətiy
I knowverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
גַּםgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
ה֥וּאhwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
יִֽהְיֶהyihəyeh
he will becomeverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לְּ/עָ֖םləʿām
a peoplepronH5971
men · nation · people
וְ/גַםwəgam
and alsoconjH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
ה֣וּאhwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
יִגְדָּ֑לyigədāl
he will become greatverbH1431
boast · bring up · exceed · excellent ···
וְ/אוּלָ֗םwəʾwlām
and butconjH199
but · howbeit · in very deed · surely ···
אָחִ֤י/וʾāḥiyw
brother hisnounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
הַ/קָּטֹן֙haqāṭōn
youngparticleH6996
less · little · small(-est · one ···
יִגְדַּ֣לyigədal
he will become greatverbH1431
boast · bring up · exceed · excellent ···
מִמֶּ֔/נּוּmimenw
more than himpronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
וְ/זַרְע֖/וֹwəzarəʿwō
and offspring hisconjH2233
carnally · fruitful · seed · sowing-time
יִהְיֶ֥הyihəyeh
it will beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
מְלֹֽאməlōʾ
the fullness ofnounH4393
all along · all that is in · full · fulness ···
הַ/גּוֹיִֽםhagwōyim
the nationsparticleH1471
heathen · nation · people
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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