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Genesis 48:1

וַיְהִ֗י
hâyâh
and — to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
אַחֲרֵי֙
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
הַדְּבָרִ֣ים
dâbâr
the — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
הָאֵ֔לֶּה
ʼêl-leh
the — these or those
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
ʼâmar
and — to say (used with great latitude)
לְיוֹסֵ֔ף
Yôwçêph
to/for — Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
הִנֵּ֥ה
hinnêh
lo!
אָבִ֖יךָ
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
חֹלֶ֑ה
châlâh
properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat
וַיִּקַּ֞ח
lâqach
and — to take (in the widest variety of applications)
אֶת
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
שְׁנֵ֤י
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
בָנָיו֙
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
עִמּ֔וֹ
ʻim
adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
אֶת
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה
Mᵉnashsheh
Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
וְאֶת
ʼêth
and — properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
אֶפְרָֽיִם
ʼEphrayim
Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
Genesis 48:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Now some time after these things happened, Joseph was told, “Your father is sick.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him [to go to Goshen].
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Now some time after these things happened, Joseph was told, “Your father is sick.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him [to go to Goshen].
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