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Genesis 48:19 Interlinear

refused And his father and said I know it my son I know it he also shall become a people and he also shall be great but truly brother his younger and he also shall be great than he and his seed shall become a multitude of nations

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיְמָאֵ֣ןH3985refusedto refuse
2אָבִ֗יוH1And his fatherfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
3וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙H559and saidto say (used with great latitude)
4יָדַ֔עְתִּיH3045I knowto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
5בְנִי֙H1121it my sona son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
6יָדַ֔עְתִּיH3045I knowto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
7גַּםH1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
8ה֥וּאH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
9יִֽהְיֶהH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
10לְּעָ֖םH5971it he also shall become a peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
11וְגַםH1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
12ה֣וּאH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
13יִגְדַּ֣לH1431and he also shall be greatto be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
14וְאוּלָ֗םH199but trulyhowever or on the contrary
15אָחִ֤יוH251brothera brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
16הַקָּטֹן֙H6996his youngerabbreviated, i.e., diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
17יִגְדַּ֣לH1431and he also shall be greatto be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
18מִמֶּ֔נּוּH4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
19וְזַרְע֖וֹH2233than he and his seedseed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
20יִֽהְיֶ֥הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
21מְלֹֽאH4393shall become a multitudefulness (literally or figuratively)
22הַגּוֹיִֽם׃H1471of nationsa foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

Verse Context

Genesis 48:18said And Joseph Not so my father ...
Genesis 48:19 (current)refused And his father and said I know it my son I know it he also shall become a people and he also shall be great but truly brother his younger and he also shall be great than he and his seed shall become a multitude of nations
Genesis 48:20And he blessed them that day saying And he blessed...

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