Genesis

Genesis 12:3

³I will bless those who bless you

and curse those who curse you;

and all the families of the earth

will be blessed through you.^b”

Footnotes

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I will bless	וַאֲבָֽרֲכָה֙	wa·’ă·ḇā·ră·ḵāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H1288 kneel, bless
those who bless you	מְבָ֣רְכֶ֔יךָ	mə·ḇā·rə·ḵe·ḵā	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H1288 kneel, bless
and curse	אָאֹ֑ר	’ā·’ōr	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H779 curse
those who curse you	וּמְקַלֶּלְךָ֖	ū·mə·qal·lel·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H7043 be slight, swift, trifling
and all	כֹּ֖ל	kōl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the families	מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת	miš·pə·ḥōṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H4940 clan
of the earth	הָאֲדָמָֽה׃	hā·’ă·ḏā·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H127 ground, land
will be blessed	וְנִבְרְכ֣וּ	wə·niḇ·rə·ḵū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H1288 kneel, bless
through you	בְךָ֔	ḇə·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.