Genesis
Genesis 28:3
3May God Almightyb bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
Footnotes
- b 28:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May God | וְאֵ֤ל | wə·’êl | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular | H410 god |
| Almighty | שַׁדַּי֙ | šad·day | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H7706 Almighty |
| bless | יְבָרֵ֣ךְ | yə·ḇā·rêḵ | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H1288 kneel, bless |
| you | אֹֽתְךָ֔ | ’ō·ṯə·ḵā | Direct object marker; second person masculine singular | H853 mark of the accusative |
| and make you fruitful | וְיַפְרְךָ֖ | wə·yap̄·rə·ḵā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular | H6509 bear fruit, be fruitful |
| and multiply you | וְיַרְבֶּ֑ךָ | wə·yar·be·ḵā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular | H7235 be, or become, much, many, great |
| so that you may become | וְהָיִ֖יתָ | wə·hā·yî·ṯā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| a company | לִקְהַ֥ל | liq·hal | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct | H6951 assembly, convocation, congregation |
| of peoples | עַמִּֽים׃ | ‘am·mîm | Noun - masculine plural | H5971 people |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Genesis 48:3 · Genesis 35:11 · Genesis 22:17–18 · Genesis 17:1–6 · Genesis 1:28 · Genesis 9:1 · Genesis 13:16 · Genesis 43:14 · Genesis 41:52 · Genesis 24:60 · 2 Corinthians 6:18 · Revelation 21:22
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.