Hebrew Interlinear
Genesis 37:2 Interlinear
“ These are the generations of Jacob Joseph and with the sons being seventeen years was feeding with his brethren the flock and the lad and with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah wives his father's brought Joseph report their evil his father's”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | אֵ֣לֶּה׀ | H428 | these or those | |
| 2 | תֹּֽלְד֣וֹת | H8435 | These are the generations | (plural only) descent, i.e., family; (figuratively) history |
| 3 | יַֽעֲקֹ֗ב | H3290 | of Jacob | jaakob, the israelitish patriarch |
| 4 | יוֹסֵ֛ף | H3130 | Joseph | joseph, the name of seven israelites |
| 5 | בְּנֵ֥י | H1121 | and with the sons | a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or |
| 6 | שְׁבַֽע | H7651 | seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number | |
| 7 | עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה | H6240 | being seventeen | ten (only in combination), i.e., -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth |
| 8 | שָׁנָה֙ | H8141 | years | a year (as a revolution of time) |
| 9 | הָיָ֨ה | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 10 | רֹעֶ֤ה | H7462 | was feeding | to tend a flock; i.e., pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frie |
| 11 | אֶת | H854 | properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc | |
| 12 | אֶחָיו֙ | H251 | with his brethren | a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001]) |
| 13 | בַּצֹּ֔אן | H6629 | the flock | a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men) |
| 14 | וְה֣וּא | H1931 | he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo | |
| 15 | נַ֗עַר | H5288 | and the lad | (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit |
| 16 | אֶת | H854 | properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc | |
| 17 | בְּנֵ֥י | H1121 | and with the sons | a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or |
| 18 | בִלְהָ֛ה | H1090 | of Bilhah | bilhah, the name of a place in palestine |
| 19 | וְאֶת | H854 | properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc | |
| 20 | בְּנֵ֥י | H1121 | and with the sons | a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or |
| 21 | זִלְפָּ֖ה | H2153 | of Zilpah | zilpah, leah's maid |
| 22 | נְשֵׁ֣י | H802 | wives | a woman |
| 23 | אֲבִיהֶֽם׃ | H1 | his father's | father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application |
| 24 | וַיָּבֵ֥א | H935 | brought | to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) |
| 25 | יוֹסֵ֛ף | H3130 | Joseph | joseph, the name of seven israelites |
| 26 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 27 | דִּבָּתָ֥ם | H1681 | report | slander |
| 28 | רָעָ֖ה | H7451 | their evil | bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) |
| 29 | אֶל | H413 | near, with or among; often in general, to | |
| 30 | אֲבִיהֶֽם׃ | H1 | his father's | father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application |
Verse Context
Genesis 37:1dwelt And Jacob in the land was a stranger wherein his father in the land...
Genesis 37:2 (current) These are the generations of Jacob Joseph and with the sons being seventeen years was feeding with his brethren the flock and the lad and with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah wives his father's brought Joseph report their evil his father's
Genesis 37:3Now Israel loved Joseph because he was the son...