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And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Genesis 48:3 word 1
יַעֲקֹב֙ya.'a.KoJacob
Lemma: יַעֲקֹב (ya.a.qov) · Strong's: H3290
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Jacob
Used 350 times. Also: Genesis 25:26, Genesis 25:27, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 25:29, Genesis 25:30, Genesis 25:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3290; TAHOT Genesis 48:3 word 2
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Genesis 48:3 word 3
יוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefJoseph
Lemma: יוֹסֵף (yo.seph) · Strong's: H3130G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Joseph
Used 208 times. Also: Genesis 30:24, Genesis 30:25, Genesis 33:2, Genesis 33:7, Genesis 35:24, Genesis 37:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3130G; TAHOT Genesis 48:3 word 4
אֵ֥ל'elGod
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 28:3, Genesis 31:13, Genesis 35:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0410G; TAHOT Genesis 48:3 word 5
שַׁדַּ֛יsha.DaiAlmighty
Lemma: שַׁדַּי (shad.day) · Strong's: H7706
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: Almighty
Used 48 times. Also: Genesis 17:1, Genesis 28:3, Genesis 35:11, Genesis 43:14, Genesis 49:25, Exodus 6:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7706; TAHOT Genesis 48:3 word 6
נִרְאָֽה\־nir.'ah-he appeared
Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNp3ms)
Meaning: to see: see
Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Genesis 48:3 word 7
אֵלַ֥י'e.Laito me
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Genesis 48:3 word 8
בְּל֖וּזbe.Luzat Luz
Lemma: לוּז (luz) · Strong's: H3870H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Luz
Used 7 times. Also: Genesis 28:19, Genesis 35:6, Joshua 16:2, Joshua 18:13, Judges 1:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3870H; TAHOT Genesis 48:3 word 9
בְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzin [the] land of
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Genesis 48:3 word 10
כְּנָ֑עַןke.Na.'anCanaan
Lemma: כְּנַ֫עַן (ke.na.an) · Strong's: H3667A
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Canaan
Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:5, Genesis 13:12, Genesis 16:3, Genesis 17:8, Genesis 23:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3667A; TAHOT Genesis 48:3 word 11
וַיְבָ֖רֶךְvay.Va.rekhand he blessed
Lemma: בָּרַךְ (ba.rakh) · Strong's: H1288
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpw3ms)
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 48:3 word 12
אֹתִֽי\׃'o.Ti<obj.> me
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 48:3 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Jacob | → | יַעֲקֹב H3290 Jacob |
| said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| Joseph | → | יוֹסֵף H3130G Joseph |
| God | → | אֵל H0410G God |
| Almighty | → | שַׁדַּי H7706 Almighty |
| appeared | → | רָאָה H7200G to see: see |
| to me | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| at Luz | → | לוּז H3870H Luz |
| in the land | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| of Canaan | → | כְּנַ֫עַן H3667A Canaan |
| and there He blessed | → | בָּרַךְ H1288 to bless |
| me | → | אֵת H0853 [Obj.] |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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