Genesis 48:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.”

Genesis 48:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 48:2115 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אֶלʾelNear

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

הִנֵּהhinēhLo!

אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI

מֵתmētDie

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

עִמָּכֶםʿimāḵemWith

וְהֵשִׁיבwəhēšîvAnd turn

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵem—

אֶלʾelNear

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

אֲבֹתֵיכֶםʾăvōtêḵemFather

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אֶלʾelNear

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

הִנֵּהhinēhLo!

אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI

מֵתmētDie

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

עִמָּכֶםʿimāḵemWith

וְהֵשִׁיבwəhēšîvAnd turn

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵemdirect object marker (no translation)

אֶלʾelNear

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

אֲבֹתֵיכֶםʾăvōtêḵemFather

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