Genesis
Genesis 22:17
17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendantse like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
Footnotes
- e 22:17 Cited in Hebrews 6:14|HEB 6:14
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I will surely bless you | בָרֵ֣ךְ | ḇā·rêḵ | Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute | H1288 kneel, bless |
| and I will multiply | וְהַרְבָּ֨ה | wə·har·bāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute | H7235 be, or become, much, many, great |
| your descendants | זַרְעֲךָ֙ | zar·‘ă·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H2233 sowing, seed, offspring |
| like the stars | כְּכוֹכְבֵ֣י | kə·ḵō·wḵ·ḇê | Preposition-k; Noun - masculine plural construct | H3556 star |
| in the sky | הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם | haš·šā·ma·yim | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H8064 sky, aloft |
| and the sand | וְכַח֕וֹל | wə·ḵa·ḥō·wl | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H2344 sand |
| on | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the seashore | שְׂפַ֣ת | śə·p̄aṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H8193 lip, speech, edge |
| Your descendants | זַרְעֲךָ֔ | zar·‘ă·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H2233 sowing, seed, offspring |
| will possess | וְיִרַ֣שׁ | wə·yi·raš | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H3423 take possession of, inherit, dispossess |
| the gates | שַׁ֥עַר | ša·‘ar | Noun - masculine singular construct | H8179 gate |
| of their enemies | אֹיְבָֽיו׃ | ’ō·yə·ḇāw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular | H341 be hostile to |
Cross-references
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Genesis 15:5 · Genesis 24:60 · Jeremiah 33:22 · Genesis 26:4 · Genesis 13:16 · Psalm 2:8–9 · Psalm 72:8–9 · Numbers 24:17–19 · Revelation 11:15 · Ephesians 1:3 · Deuteronomy 1:10 · Joshua 1:1–10
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.