Genesis 48:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.”

Genesis 48:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 48:2017 words

וַיְבָרֲכֵםwayəvārăḵēmAnd kneel

בַּיּוֹםbaywōmIn day

הַהוּאhahûʾThe he

לֵאמוֹרlēʾmwōrTo say

בְּךָbəḵāIn

יְבָרֵךְyəvārēḵəKneel

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

יְשִׂמְךָyəśiməḵāPut

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

כְּאֶפְרַיִםkəʾep̄ərayimLike Ephrajim

וְכִמְנַשֶּׁהwəḵimənašehAnd like Menashsheh

וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put

אֶתʾet—

אֶפְרַיִםʾep̄ərayimEphrajim

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

מְנַשֶּׁהmənašehMenashsheh

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

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