Genesis
Genesis 24:60
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.”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And they blessed | וַיְבָרֲכ֤וּ | way·ḇā·ră·ḵū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H1288 kneel, bless |
| Rebekah | רִבְקָה֙ | riḇ·qāh | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H7259 Rebekah |
| and said | וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ | way·yō·mə·rū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H559 utter, say |
| to her | לָ֔הּ | lāh | Preposition; third person feminine singular | |
| Our sister | אֲחֹתֵ֕נוּ | ’ă·ḥō·ṯê·nū | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common plural | H269 sister |
| may you | אַ֥תְּ | ’at | Pronoun - second person feminine singular | H859 thou |
| become the mother | הֲיִ֖י | hă·yî | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| of thousands | לְאַלְפֵ֣י | lə·’al·p̄ê | Preposition-l; Number - masculine plural construct | H505 thousand |
| upon thousands | רְבָבָ֑ה | rə·ḇā·ḇāh | Number - feminine singular | H7233 multitude, myriad, ten thousand |
| May your offspring | זַרְעֵ֔ךְ | zar·‘êḵ | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H2233 sowing, seed, offspring |
| possess | וְיִירַ֣שׁ | wə·yî·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 | שֹׂנְאָֽיו׃ | śō·nə·’āw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular | H8130 hate |
Cross-references
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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.