Genesis
Genesis 17:5–7
5No longer will you be called Abram,b but your name will be Abraham,c for I have made you a father of many nations.d
6I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
Footnotes
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Genesis 17:5
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | וְלֹא־ | wə·lō- | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| longer | ע֛וֹד | ‘ō·wḏ | Adverb | H5750 a going round, continuance |
| you be called | יִקָּרֵ֥א | yiq·qā·rê | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H7121 call, proclaim, read |
| Abram | אַבְרָ֑ם | ’aḇ·rām | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H87 Abram |
| but your name | שִׁמְךָ֙ | šim·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H8034 name |
| will be | וְהָיָ֤ה | wə·hā·yāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| Abraham | אַבְרָהָ֔ם | ’aḇ·rā·hām | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H85 Abraham |
| for | כִּ֛י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| I have made you | נְתַתִּֽיךָ׃ | nə·ṯat·tî·ḵā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| a father | אַב־ | ’aḇ- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1 father |
| of many | הֲמ֥וֹן | hă·mō·wn | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1995 sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance |
| nations | גּוֹיִ֖ם | gō·w·yim | Noun - masculine plural | H1471 nation, people |
Genesis 17:6
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I will make you exceedingly | בִּמְאֹ֣ד | bim·’ōḏ | Preposition-b; Adverb | H3966 muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly |
| fruitful | וְהִפְרֵתִ֤י | wə·hip̄·rê·ṯî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H6509 bear fruit, be fruitful |
| I will make | וּנְתַתִּ֖יךָ | ū·nə·ṯat·tî·ḵā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| nations | לְגוֹיִ֑ם | lə·ḡō·w·yim | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural | H1471 nation, people |
| and kings | וּמְלָכִ֖ים | ū·mə·lā·ḵîm | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural | H4428 king |
| will descend | יֵצֵֽאוּ׃ | yê·ṣê·’ū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H3318 go or come out |
| from you | מִמְּךָ֥ | mim·mə·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
Genesis 17:7
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I will establish | וַהֲקִמֹתִ֨י | wa·hă·qi·mō·ṯî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H6965 arise, stand up, stand |
| My covenant | בְּרִיתִ֜י | bə·rî·ṯî | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H1285 covenant |
| as an everlasting | עוֹלָ֑ם | ‘ō·w·lām | Noun - masculine singular | H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity |
| covenant | לִבְרִ֣ית | liḇ·rîṯ | Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct | H1285 covenant |
| between Me and you | בֵּינִ֣י | bê·nî | Preposition; first person common singular | H996 interval, space between |
| and your descendants | אַחֲרֶ֛יךָ | ’a·ḥă·re·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | H310 behind |
| after you | זַרְעֲךָ֧ | zar·‘ă·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H2233 sowing, seed, offspring |
| to be | לִהְי֤וֹת | lih·yō·wṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| your | לְךָ֙ | lə·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | |
| God | לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים | lê·lō·hîm | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural | H430 God |
| and the God of your descendants | וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֖ | ū·lə·zar·‘ă·ḵā | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H2233 sowing, seed, offspring |
| after you | אַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃ | ’a·ḥă·re·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | H310 behind |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Genesis 17:5 Matthew 1:21–23 · Nehemiah 9:7 · Romans 4:17 · Genesis 17:15 · Genesis 32:28 · Revelation 2:17 · Jeremiah 20:3 · Isaiah 62:2–4
Genesis 17:6 Genesis 17:4 · Matthew 1:6–17 · Genesis 35:11 · Genesis 17:16 · Genesis 17:20 · Ezra 4:20
Genesis 17:7 Romans 9:7–9 · Genesis 26:24 · Acts 2:39 · Genesis 15:18 · Hebrews 8:10 · Leviticus 26:12 · Genesis 28:13 · Hebrews 11:16 · Galatians 3:16–17 · Ezekiel 28:26 · Psalm 105:8–11 · Mark 10:14
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.