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Genesis 50:23 — King James Version← Study notes

And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.


Genesis 50:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 50:2314 words
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
לְאֶפְרַיִםləʾep̄ərayimTo Ephrajim
בְּנֵיbənêSon
שִׁלֵּשִׁיםšilēšîmThird
גַּםgamAssemblage
בְּנֵיbənêSon
מָכִירmāḵîrMakir
בֶּןbenSon
מְנַשֶּׁהmənašehMenashsheh
יֻלְּדוּyulədûBear young
עַלʿalAbove
בִּרְכֵּיbirəkêKnee
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
לְאֶפְרַיִםləʾep̄ərayimTo Ephrajim
בְּנֵיbənêSon
שִׁלֵּשִׁיםšilēšîmThird
גַּםgamAssemblage
בְּנֵיbənêSon
מָכִירmāḵîrMakir
בֶּןbenSon
מְנַשֶּׁהmənašehMenashsheh
יֻלְּדוּyulədûBear young
עַלʿalAbove
בִּרְכֵּיbirəkêKnee
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

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