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Genesis 48:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these?


Genesis 48:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 48:88 words
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אֶתʾet
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מִיWho?
אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מִיWho?
אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

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