“And when Joseph” | יוֹסֵ֗ף | Joseph, the name of seven Israelites | Joseph |
“saw” | וַיַּ֣רְא | To see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) | saw |
“that” | כִּֽי | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | that |
“his father” | אָבִ֧יו | Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application | father |
“laid” | יָשִׁ֨ית | To place (in a very wide application) | laid |
“his right” | יְמִינ֛וֹ | The right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south | right |
“hand” | יַד | 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] | 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 |
“the head” | רֹ֥אשׁ | The head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) | head |
“of Ephraim,” | אֶפְרַ֖יִם | Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory | Ephraim |
“it displeased” | וַיֵּ֣רַע | Properly, to be broken up (with any violent action) i.e., (figuratively) to fear | displeased |
“him: and he held up” | וַיִּתְמֹ֣ךְ | To sustain; by implication, to obtain, keep fast; figuratively, to help, follow close | held up |
“his father's” | אָבִ֗יו | Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application | fathers |
“hand,” | יַד | 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] | hand |
“to remove” | לְהָסִ֥יר | To turn off (literally or figuratively) | remove |
“it from” | מֵעַ֥ל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | it from |
“Ephraim's” | אֶפְרַ֖יִם | Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory | Ephraims |
“head” | רֹאשׁ | The head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) | head |
“unto” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | unto |
“Manasseh's” | מְנַשֶּֽׁה׃ | Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory | Manassehs |
“head.” | רֹ֥אשׁ | The head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) | head |