Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 48:17 - Ephraim
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And when Joseph | H3130 | יוֹסֵף |
[Proper Name Masculine] let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); {Joseph} the name of seven Israelites |
saw | H7200 | רָאָה |
[Verb] to {see} literally or figuratively (in numerous {applications} direct and {implied} {transitively} intransitively and causatively) |
that | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
his father | H1 | אָב |
[Noun Masculine] father in a literal and {immediate} or figurative and remote application |
laid | H7896 | שִׁית |
[Verb] to place (in a very wide application) |
his right | H3225 | יָמִין |
[Noun Feminine] the right hand or side ({leg} eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); {locally} the south |
hand | H3027 | יָד |
[Noun Feminine] a hand (the open one (indicating {power} means: {direction} {etc.}) in distinction from {H3709 } the closed one); used (as {noun} {adverb} etc.) in a great variety of {applications} both literally and {figuratively} both proximate and remote |
upon | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
the head | H7218 | רֹאשׁ |
[Noun Masculine] the head (as most easily {shaken }) whether literally or figuratively (in many {applications} of {place} {time} {rank} etc.) |
of Ephraim | H669 | אֶפְרַיִם |
[Proper Name Masculine] double fruit; {Ephrajim} a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from {him} and its territory |
it displeased | H7489 | רָעַע |
[Verb] properly to spoil (literally by breaking to pieces); figuratively to make (or be) good for {nothing} that {is} bad ({physically} socially or morally). (associate selves and show self friendly are by mistake for H7462.) |
him and he held up | H8551 | תָּמַךְ |
[Verb] to sustain; by implication to {obtain} keep fast; figuratively to {help} follow close |
his father's hand | H3027 | יָד |
[Noun Feminine] a hand (the open one (indicating {power} means: {direction} {etc.}) in distinction from {H3709 } the closed one); used (as {noun} {adverb} etc.) in a great variety of {applications} both literally and {figuratively} both proximate and remote |
to remove | H5493 | סוּר |
[Verb] to turn off (literally or figuratively) |
it from | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
Ephraim's head | H7218 | רֹאשׁ |
[Noun Masculine] the head (as most easily {shaken }) whether literally or figuratively (in many {applications} of {place} {time} {rank} etc.) |
unto | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
Manasseh's head | H7218 | רֹאשׁ |
[Noun Masculine] the head (as most easily {shaken }) whether literally or figuratively (in many {applications} of {place} {time} {rank} etc.) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.