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Genesis 49:8 — King James Version← Study notes

Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.


Genesis 49:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 49:811 words
יְהוּדָהyəhûdāhJehudah
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
יוֹדוּךָywōdûḵāThrow
אַחֶיךָʾaḥeyḵāBrother
יָדְךָyādəḵāHand
בְּעֹרֶףbəʿōrep̄In nape
אֹיְבֶיךָʾōyəveyḵāHating
יִשְׁתַּחֲוּוּyišətaḥăûûDepress
לְךָləḵāTo
בְּנֵיbənêSon
אָבִיךָʾāvîḵāFather
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

יְהוּדָהyəhûdāhJehudah
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
יוֹדוּךָywōdûḵāThrow
אַחֶיךָʾaḥeyḵāBrother
יָדְךָyādəḵāHand
בְּעֹרֶףbəʿōrep̄In nape
אֹיְבֶיךָʾōyəveyḵāHating
יִשְׁתַּחֲוּוּyišətaḥăûûDepress
לְךָləḵāTo
בְּנֵיbənêSon
אָבִיךָʾāvîḵāFather

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