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Genesis 48:5 — King James Version← Study notes

And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.


Genesis 48:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 48:519 words
וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
שְׁנֵיšənêTwo
בָנֶיךָvāneyḵāSon
הַנּוֹלָדִיםhanwōlādîmThe bear young
לְךָləḵāTo
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
עַדʿadAs far
בֹּאִיbōʾîGo
אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear
מִצְרַיְמָהmiṣərayəmāhMitsrajim
לִיTo
הֵםhēmThey
אֶפְרַיִםʾep̄ərayimEphrajim
וּמְנַשֶּׁהûmənašehAnd Menashsheh
כִּרְאוּבֵןkirəʾûvēnLike Reuben
וְשִׁמְעוֹןwəšiməʿwōnAnd Shimon
יִהְיוּyihəyûExist
לִיTo
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
שְׁנֵיšənêTwo
בָנֶיךָvāneyḵāSon
הַנּוֹלָדִיםhanwōlādîmThe bear young
לְךָləḵāTo
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
עַדʿadAs far
בֹּאִיbōʾîGo
אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear
מִצְרַיְמָהmiṣərayəmāhMitsrajim
לִיTo
הֵםhēmThey
אֶפְרַיִםʾep̄ərayimEphrajim
וּמְנַשֶּׁהûmənašehAnd Menashsheh
כִּרְאוּבֵןkirəʾûvēnLike Reuben
וְשִׁמְעוֹןwəšiməʿwōnAnd Shimon
יִהְיוּyihəyûExist
לִיTo

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