“Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.”
Genesis 49:4 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 49:412 words
HebrewMeaning
פַּ֤חַזpaḥaz
destructivenessnounH6349
כַּ/מַּ֨יִם֙kamayim
like waterpronH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תּוֹתַ֔רtwōtar
you excelverbH3498
leave · left behind · too much · make plenteous ···
כִּ֥יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
עָלִ֖יתָʿāliytā
you went upverbH5927
ascend up · at once · break · bring ···
מִשְׁכְּבֵ֣יmišəkəbēy
the bed ofnounH4904
couch · lieth with
אָבִ֑י/ךָʾābiykā
father yournounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
אָ֥זʾāz
thenadvH227
for · from · hitherto · now ···
חִלַּ֖לְתָּḥilalətā
you profaned itverbH2490
defile · break · defile · eat ···
יְצוּעִ֥/יyəṣwʿiy
couch mynounH3326
chamber · couch
עָלָֽהʿālāh
he went upverbH5927
ascend up · at once · break · bring ···
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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