KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 48:14 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And Israel” | יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל | He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity | Israel |
| “stretched out” | וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ | To send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) | stretched out |
| “his right hand,” | יְמִינ֜וֹ | The right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south | right hand |
| “and laid” | וַיָּ֨שֶׁת | To place (in a very wide application) | laid |
| “it” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “upon” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | upon |
| “Ephraim's” | אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ | Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory | Ephraims |
| “head,” | רֹ֤אשׁ | The head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) | head |
| “who” | וְה֣וּא | He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are | who |
| “was” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “the younger,” | הַצָּעִ֔יר | Little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble | younger |
| “and his left hand” | שְׂמֹאל֖וֹ | Properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e., the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand | left hand |
| “upon” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | upon |
| “Manasseh's” | מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה | Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory | Manassehs |
| “head,” | רֹ֣אשׁ | The head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) | head |
| “guiding his hands” | יָדָ֔יו | 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 [as follows] | guiding hands |
| “wittingly;” | שִׂכֵּל֙ | To be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent | wittingly |
| “for” | כִּ֥י | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | for |
| “Manasseh” | מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה | Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory | Manasseh |
| “was” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “the firstborn.” | הַבְּכֽוֹר׃ | First-born; hence, chief | firstborn |
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12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.
14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
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