Genesis 49:2 Go deeper
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Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. (KJV)
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הִקָּבְצ֥וּhi.ka.ve.Tzuassemble
Lemma: קָבַץ (qa.vats) · Strong's: H6908
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVNv2mp)
Meaning: to gather
Used 127 times. Also: Genesis 41:35, Genesis 41:48, Deuteronomy 13:16, Deuteronomy 30:3, Deuteronomy 30:4, Joshua 9:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6908; TAHOT Genesis 49:2 word 1
וְשִׁמְע֖וּve.shim.'Uand listen
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to hear: hear
Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT Genesis 49:2 word 2
בְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiO sons of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Genesis 49:2 word 3
יַעֲקֹ֑בya.'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 49:2 word 4
וְשִׁמְע֖וּve.shim.'Uand listen
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to hear: hear
Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT Genesis 49:2 word 5
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 49:2 word 6
יִשְׂרָאֵ֥לYis.ra.'ElIsrael
Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל (yis.ra.el) · Strong's: H3478
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Israel
Used 2504 times. Also: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 34:7, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 35:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3478; TAHOT Genesis 49:2 word 7
אֲבִיכֶֽם\׃'a.vi.Khemfather your
Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: father
Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Genesis 49:2 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Come together | → | קָבַץ H6908 to gather |
| and listen | → | שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear |
| O sons | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| of Jacob | → | יַעֲקֹב H3290 Jacob |
| listen | → | שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| your father | → | אָב H0001G father |
| Israel | → | יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel |
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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