Genesis 48:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.”

Genesis 48:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 48:416 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

אֵלַיʾēlayNear

הִנְנִיhinənîLo!

מַפְרְךָmap̄ərəḵāBear fruit

וְהִרְבִּיתִךָwəhirəbîtiḵāAnd increase

וּנְתַתִּיךָûnətatîḵāAnd give

לִקְהַלliqəhalTo assemblage

עַמִּיםʿamîmPeople

וְנָתַתִּיwənātatîAnd give

אֶתʾet—

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this

לְזַרְעֲךָləzarəʿăḵāTo seed

אַחֲרֶיךָʾaḥăreyḵāThe hind part

אֲחֻזַּתʾăḥuzatSeized

עוֹלָםʿwōlāmConcealed

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

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