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Genesis 49:24 — King James Version← Study notes

But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)


Genesis 49:24Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 49:2413 words
וַתֵּשֶׁבwatēševAnd sit
בְּאֵיתָןbəʾêtānIn permanence
קַשְׁתּוֹqašətwōBow
וַיָּפֹזּוּwayāp̄ōzûAnd solidify
זְרֹעֵיzərōʿêArm
יָדָיוyādāywHand
מִידֵיmîdêFrom hand
אֲבִירʾăvîrMighty
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there
רֹעֶהrōʿehTend
אֶבֶןʾevenStone
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתֵּשֶׁבwatēševAnd sit
בְּאֵיתָןbəʾêtānIn permanence
קַשְׁתּוֹqašətwōBow
וַיָּפֹזּוּwayāp̄ōzûAnd solidify
זְרֹעֵיzərōʿêArm
יָדָיוyādāywHand
מִידֵיmîdêFrom hand
אֲבִירʾăvîrMighty
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there
רֹעֶהrōʿehTend
אֶבֶןʾevenStone
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

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