Genesis 49:2
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
יַחַד
yachad
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
בֵּן
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 ...
יַעֲקֹב
Yaʻăqôb
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →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)
Study H5315 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →בֵּן 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.)
Study H1121 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
Study H3478 →Cross References
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
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