Genesis 49:28 — King James Version← Study notes

“All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.”

Genesis 49:28 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 49:2818 words

כָּלkālWhole

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

שִׁבְטֵיšivəṭêScion

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

שְׁנֵיםšənêmTwo

עָשָׂרʿāśārTen

וְזֹאתwəzōʾtAnd this

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

דִּבֶּרdiberArrange

לָהֶםlāhemTo

אֲבִיהֶםʾăvîhemFather

וַיְבָרֶךְwayəvāreḵəAnd kneel

אוֹתָםʾwōtām—

אִישׁʾîšMan

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

כְּבִרְכָתוֹkəvirəḵātwōLike benediction

בֵּרַךְbēraḵəKneel

אֹתָםʾōtām—

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

Word-by-word meanings

כָּלkālWhole

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

שִׁבְטֵיšivəṭêScion

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

שְׁנֵיםšənêmTwo

עָשָׂרʿāśārTen

וְזֹאתwəzōʾtAnd this

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

דִּבֶּרdiberArrange

לָהֶםlāhemTo

אֲבִיהֶםʾăvîhemFather

וַיְבָרֶךְwayəvāreḵəAnd kneel

אוֹתָםʾwōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

אִישׁʾîšMan

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

כְּבִרְכָתוֹkəvirəḵātwōLike benediction

בֵּרַךְbēraḵəKneel

אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

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