Genesis
Genesis 48:4
4and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and told | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| me | אֵלַ֗י | ’ê·lay | Preposition; first person common singular | H413 motion to |
| Behold | הִנְנִ֤י | hin·nî | Interjection; first person common singular | H2005 lo! behold |
| I will make you fruitful | מַפְרְךָ֙ | map̄·rə·ḵā | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H6509 bear fruit, be fruitful |
| and multiply you | וְהִרְבִּיתִ֔ךָ | wə·hir·bî·ṯi·ḵā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singular | H7235 be, or become, much, many, great |
| I will make you | וּנְתַתִּ֖יךָ | ū·nə·ṯat·tî·ḵā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| a multitude | לִקְהַ֣ל | liq·hal | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct | H6951 assembly, convocation, congregation |
| of peoples | עַמִּ֑ים | ‘am·mîm | Noun - masculine plural | H5971 people |
| and will give | וְנָ֨תַתִּ֜י | wə·nā·ṯat·tî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| this | הַזֹּ֛את | haz·zōṯ | Article; Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| land | הָאָ֧רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| to your descendants | לְזַרְעֲךָ֥ | lə·zar·‘ă·ḵā | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H2233 sowing, seed, offspring |
| after you | אַחֲרֶ֖יךָ | ’a·ḥă·re·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | H310 behind |
| as an everlasting | עוֹלָֽם׃ | ‘ō·w·lām | Noun - masculine singular | H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity |
| possession | אֲחֻזַּ֥ת | ’ă·ḥuz·zaṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H272 possession |
Cross-references
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Genesis 17:8 · Genesis 35:11 · Amos 9:14–15 · Exodus 1:7 · Genesis 47:27 · Genesis 26:4 · Genesis 46:3 · Genesis 12:2 · Genesis 28:3 · Genesis 32:12 · Deuteronomy 32:8 · Genesis 13:15–16
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.