“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
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֵלַ֗/יʾēlay
to mepronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הִנְ/נִ֤יhinəniy
here IparticleH2005
if · lo · though
מַפְרְ/ךָ֙mapərəkā
am about to make fruitful youverbH6509
bring forth · (be · cause to be · make) fruitful ···
וְ/הִרְבִּיתִ֔/ךָwəhirəbiytikā
and I will multiply youconjH7235
archer (by mistake for
וּ/נְתַתִּ֖י/ךָwnətatiykā
and I will make youconjH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לִ/קְהַ֣לliqəhal
a company ofpronH6951
company · congregation · multitude
עַמִּ֑יםʿamiym
peoplesnounH5971
men · nation · people
וְ/נָ֨תַתִּ֜יwənātatiy
and I will giveconjH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ/אָ֧רֶץhāʾāreṣ
the landparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
הַ/זֹּ֛אתhazōʾt
thisparticleH2063
-with) · it · likewise · the one (other ···
לְ/זַרְעֲ/ךָ֥ləzarəʿăkā
to offspring yourpronH2233
carnally · fruitful · seed · sowing-time
אַחֲרֶ֖י/ךָʾaḥăreykā
after youpronH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
אֲחֻזַּ֥תʾăḥuzat
a possession ofnounH272
עוֹלָֽםʿwōlām
perpetuitynounH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
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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