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And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; (KJV)

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וְאֵ֤לve.'Eland God

Lemma: אֵל (el) · Strong's: H0410G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: God

Used 205 times. Also: Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:1, Genesis 21:33, Genesis 31:13, Genesis 35:1, Genesis 35:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0410G; TAHOT Genesis 28:3 word 1

שַׁדַּי֙sha.DaiAlmighty

Lemma: שַׁדַּי (shad.day) · Strong's: H7706

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: Almighty

Used 48 times. Also: Genesis 17:1, Genesis 35:11, Genesis 43:14, Genesis 48:3, Genesis 49:25, Exodus 6:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7706; TAHOT Genesis 28:3 word 2

יְבָרֵ֣ךְye.va.Rekhmay he bless

Lemma: בָּרַךְ (ba.rakh) · Strong's: H1288

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpi3ms)

Meaning: to bless

Used 330 times. Also: Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 9:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1288; TAHOT Genesis 28:3 word 3

אֹֽתְךָ֔'o.te.Kha<obj.> you

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Genesis 28:3 word 4

וְיַפְרְךָ֖ve.yaf.re.Khaand may he make fruitful you

Lemma: פָּרָה (pa.rah) · Strong's: H6509

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhu3ms)

Meaning: be fruitful

Used 29 times. Also: Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 8:17, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 9:7, Genesis 17:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6509; TAHOT Genesis 28:3 word 5

וְיַרְבֶּ֑ךָve.yar.Be.khaand may he multiply you

Lemma: רָבָה (ra.vah) · Strong's: H7235A

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhu3ms)

Meaning: to multiply

Used 221 times. Also: Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 3:16, Genesis 7:17, Genesis 7:18, Genesis 8:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7235A; TAHOT Genesis 28:3 word 6

וְהָיִ֖יתָve.ha.Yi.taand you will become

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqq2ms)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Genesis 28:3 word 7

לִקְהַ֥לlik.Hal<into> a company of

Lemma: קָהָל (qa.hal) · Strong's: H6951

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: assembly

Used 123 times. Also: Genesis 35:11, Genesis 48:4, Genesis 49:6, Exodus 12:6, Exodus 16:3, Leviticus 4:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6951; TAHOT Genesis 28:3 word 8

עַמִּֽים\׃'a.Mimpeoples

Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: people

Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Genesis 28:3 word 9

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

May God	→	אֵל H0410G God
Almighty	→	שַׁדַּי H7706 Almighty
bless	→	בָּרַךְ H1288 to bless
you	→	אֵת H0853 [Obj.]
and make you fruitful	→	פָּרָה H6509 be fruitful
and multiply you	→	רָבָה H7235A to multiply
so that you may become	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
a company	→	קָהָל H6951 assembly
of peoples	→	עַם H5971A people

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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