Hebrew Interlinear
Genesis 37:3 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Genesis 37:3, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“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...