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Genesis 49:4 — King James Version← Study notes

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 49:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 49:412 words
פַּחַזpaḥazEbullition
כַּמַּיִםkamayimLike waters
אַלʾalNot
תּוֹתַרtwōtarJut
כִּיRelative conjunction
עָלִיתָʿālîtāAscend
מִשְׁכְּבֵיmišəkəvêBed
אָבִיךָʾāvîḵāFather
אָזʾāzAt that time
חִלַּלְתָּḥilalətāBore
יְצוּעִיyəṣûʿîSpread
עָלָהʿālāhAscend
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

פַּחַזpaḥazEbullition
כַּמַּיִםkamayimLike waters
אַלʾalNot
תּוֹתַרtwōtarJut
כִּיRelative conjunction
עָלִיתָʿālîtāAscend
מִשְׁכְּבֵיmišəkəvêBed
אָבִיךָʾāvîḵāFather
אָזʾāzAt that time
חִלַּלְתָּḥilalətāBore
יְצוּעִיyəṣûʿîSpread
עָלָהʿālāhAscend

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