Hebrew Interlinear
Genesis 37:3 Interlinear
“Now Israel loved Joseph because he was the son because he was the son of his old age and he made him a coat of many colours”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | H3478 | Now Israel | he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity |
| 2 | אָהַ֤ב | H157 | loved | to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) |
| 3 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 4 | יוֹסֵף֙ | H3130 | Joseph | joseph, the name of seven israelites |
| 5 | מִכָּל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 6 | בֶן | H1121 | because he was the son | a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or |
| 7 | כִּֽי | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 8 | בֶן | H1121 | because he was the son | a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or |
| 9 | זְקֻנִ֥ים | H2208 | of his old age | old age |
| 10 | ה֖וּא | 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 | |
| 11 | ל֑וֹ | H0 | ||
| 12 | וְעָ֥שָׂה | H6213 | and he made | to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application |
| 13 | ל֖וֹ | H0 | ||
| 14 | כְּתֹ֥נֶת | H3801 | him a coat | a shirt |
| 15 | פַּסִּֽים׃ | H6446 | of many colours | a long and sleeved tunic (perhaps simply a wide one; from the original sense of the root, i.e., of many breadths) |
Verse Context
Genesis 37:2 These are the generations of Jacob Joseph and with the sons ...
Genesis 37:3 (current)Now Israel loved Joseph because he was the son because he was the son of his old age and he made him a coat of many colours
Genesis 37:4saw And when his brethren loved that their father...