Genesis 48:12

Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data

"And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And

יוֹסֵף

Yôwçêph

H3130

Joseph, the name of seven Israelites

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בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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them out from

בֵּין

bêyn

H996

between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or

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his

בֶּרֶךְ

berek

H1290

a knee

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and he

שָׁחָה

shâchâh

H7812

to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)

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נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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with his

פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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to the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Key Terms in This Verse

knees H1290

בֶּרֶךְ berek

a knee

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bowed H7812

שָׁחָה shâchâh

to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)

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between H996

בֵּין bêyn

between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or

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Joseph H3130

יוֹסֵף Yôwçêph

Joseph, the name of seven Israelites

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face H6440

פָּנִים pânîym

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

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himself H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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brought H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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earth H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Cross References

Genesis 42:6 cross-reference

And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

Ephesians 6:1 cross-reference

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Genesis 33:3 cross-reference

And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

Proverbs 31:28 cross-reference

Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

Exodus 34:8 cross-reference

And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.

Genesis 18:2 cross-reference

And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

2 Kings 4:37 cross-reference

Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.

Leviticus 19:32 cross-reference

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.

Exodus 20:12 cross-reference

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Genesis 19:1 cross-reference

And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

Leviticus 19:3 cross-reference

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

1 Kings 2:19 cross-reference

Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for th...

Genesis 23:7 cross-reference

And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

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