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Genesis 12:2 Interlinear

“And I will make of thee nation a great and I will bless great thy name and thou shalt be a blessing”

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Genesis 12 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְאֶֽעֶשְׂךָ֙	H6213	And I will make of thee	to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
2	לְג֣וֹי	H1471	nation	a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
3	גָּד֔וֹל	H1419	a great	great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
4	וַאֲבָ֣רֶכְךָ֔	H1288	and I will bless	to kneel; by implication to bless god (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (god or the king, as
5	וַֽאֲגַדְּלָ֖ה	H1431	great	to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
6	שְׁמֶ֑ךָ	H8034	thy name	an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
7	וֶֽהְיֵ֖ה	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
8	בְּרָכָֽה׃	H1293	and thou shalt be a blessing	benediction; by implication prosperity

Genesis 12:2 (current)And I will make of thee nation a great and I will bless great thy name and thou shalt be a blessing