Genesis

Genesis 24:59–60

59So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men. 60And they blessed Rebekah and said to her,

“Our sister, may you become the mother

of thousands upon thousands.

May your offspring possess

the gates of their enemies.”

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Genesis 24:59

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
So they sentוַֽיְשַׁלְּח֛וּway·šal·lə·ḥūConjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralH7971 send
their sisterאֲחֹתָ֖ם’ă·ḥō·ṯāmNoun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine pluralH269 sister
Rebekahרִבְקָ֥הriḇ·qāhNoun - proper - feminine singularH7259 Rebekah
along with her nurseמֵנִקְתָּ֑הּmê·niq·tāhVerb - Hifil - Participle - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singularH3243 suck
and Abraham’sאַבְרָהָ֖ם’aḇ·rā·hāmNoun - proper - masculine singularH85 Abraham
servantעֶ֥בֶד‘e·ḇeḏNoun - masculine singular constructH5650 slave, servant
and his menאֲנָשָֽׁיו׃’ă·nā·šāwNoun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singularH582 man, mankind

Genesis 24:60

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
And they blessedוַיְבָרֲכ֤וּway·ḇā·ră·ḵūConjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralH1288 kneel, bless
Rebekahרִבְקָה֙riḇ·qāhNoun - proper - feminine singularH7259 Rebekah
and saidוַיֹּ֣אמְרוּway·yō·mə·rūConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralH559 utter, say
to herלָ֔הּlāhPreposition; third person feminine singular
Our sisterאֲחֹתֵ֕נוּ’ă·ḥō·ṯê·nūNoun - feminine singular construct; first person common pluralH269 sister
may youאַ֥תְּ’atPronoun - second person feminine singularH859 thou
become the motherהֲיִ֖יhă·yîVerb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singularH1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
of thousandsלְאַלְפֵ֣יlə·’al·p̄êPreposition-l; Number - masculine plural constructH505 thousand
upon thousandsרְבָבָ֑הrə·ḇā·ḇāhNumber - feminine singularH7233 multitude, myriad, ten thousand
May your offspringזַרְעֵ֔ךְzar·‘êḵNoun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singularH2233 sowing, seed, offspring
possessוְיִירַ֣שׁwə·yî·rašConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singularH3423 take possession of, inherit, dispossess
the gatesשַׁ֥עַרša·‘arNoun - masculine singular constructH8179 gate
of their enemiesשֹׂנְאָֽיו׃śō·nə·’āwVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singularH8130 hate

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Genesis 24:59 Genesis 35:8

Genesis 24:60 Genesis 22:17 · Genesis 17:16 · Ruth 4:11–12 · Genesis 28:3 · Genesis 48:15–16 · Genesis 9:1 · Genesis 1:28 · Genesis 48:20 · Deuteronomy 21:19 · Leviticus 25:46 · Genesis 14:19 · Daniel 7:10

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.