Genesis 14:19

Coverdale Bible (1535)

blessed him and sayde: Blessed be thou Abram vnto the most hye God possessor of heauen and earth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וֽ͏ַיְבָרְכֵ֖הוּ וַיֹּאמַ֑ר בָּר֤וּךְ אַבְרָם֙ לְאֵ֣ל עֶלְי֔וֹן קֹנֵ֖ה שָׁמַ֥יִם וָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

way-ḇārəḵēhû way-yōʾmar bārûḵ ʾaḇrām lə-ʾēl ʿelyôn qōnēh šāmayim wā-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

• *way-ḇārəḵēhû*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix, piel - and he blessed him
• *way-yōʾmar*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *bārûḵ*: passive participle, masculine singular - blessed
• *ʾaḇrām*: proper noun, personal name (Abram)
• *lə-ʾēl*: preposition + common noun, masculine singular - to/by God
• *ʿelyôn*: adjective, masculine singular - Most High
• *qōnēh*: participle, masculine singular, construct - possessor/creator of
• *šāmayim*: common noun, masculine dual - heaven(s)
• *wā-ʾāreṣ*: conjunction + common noun, feminine singular - and earth

Word Meanings

• *qōnēh*: possessor of/maker of/creator of/owner of
• *šāmayim*: heaven/heavens/sky

Referenced Verses

• Gen 14:22 : 22 But Abram sayde vnto the kinge of Sodome: I lift vp my honde vnto the LORDE the most hye God, possessor of heauen and earth,
• Matt 11:25 : 25 At ye same tyme Iesus answered, and sayde: I prayse the (O father and LORDE of heauen and earth) that thou hast hid these thinges from the wyse and prudent, and opened the vnto babes.
• Heb 7:6-7 : 6 But he whose kynred is not counted amoge them, receaued tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promes. 7 Now is it so without all naysayenge, that the lesse receaueth blessynge of ye better.
• Mark 10:16 : 16 And he toke them vp in his armes, and layed his handes vpon them, and blessed them.
• Luke 10:21 : 21 At the same houre reioysed Iesus in sprete, and sayde: I prayse the (O father and LORDE of heauen and earth) that thou hast hyd these thinges from the wyse and prudent, and hast opened them vnto babes. Euen so father, for so it pleased the.
• Acts 16:17 : 17 ye same folowed Paul and vs, and cryed, and sayde: These men are the seruauntes of the most hye God, which shewe vs ye waye of saluacion.
• Eph 1:3 : 3 Blessed be God the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, which hath blessed vs wt all maner of spirituall blessynge in heauenly thynges by Christ
• Eph 1:6 : 6 vnto the prayse of the glory of his grace, wherby he hath made vs accepted in the Beloued,
• Gen 27:4 : 4 and make me meate (soch as I loue) and brynge it me herein, that I may eate, yt my soule maye blesse the, before I dye.
• Gen 27:25-29 : 25 Then sayde he: Bringe me here then to eate of thy venyson my sonne, that my soule maye blesse the. Then he brought it him, and he ate: and he brought him wyne also, and he dranke. 26 And Isaac his father sayde vnto him: Come nye, and kysse me my sonne. 27 So he came nye, and he kyssed him. Then smelled he the sauoure of his clothes, and blessed him, and sayde: Beholde, the smell of my sonne is as ye smell of the felde, which ye LORDE hath blessed. 28 God geue the of the dew of heauen, and of the fatnesse of the earth, and plenteousnes of corne and wyne. 29 Nacions be thy seruauntes, and people fall downe at yi fote. Be thou lorde ouer thy brethren, and thy mothers children fall downe at thy fote. Cursed be he, that curseth the: and blessed be he, that blesseth the.
• Gen 47:7 : 7 Ioseph brought in Iacob his father also, & set him before Pharao. And Iacob thanked Pharao.
• Gen 47:10 : 10 And Iacob thanked Pharao, and wete out from him.
• Gen 48:9-9 : 9 Ioseph answered: They are my sonnes, which God hath geuen me here. He sayde: Brynge the hither to me, yt I maye blesse the. 10 (For Israels eyes were heuy for age, & he coude not well se.) And he brought the vnto him. So he kyssed them, & enbraced the, 11 & saide vnto Ioseph: Beholde, I haue sene yi face, which I thought not: & lo, God hath caused me to se yi sede also. 12 And Ioseph toke them from his lappe, and they fell downe to the grounde vpon their face. 13 Then Ioseph toke them both, Ephraim in his right hande towarde Israels left hade, and Manasses in his left hande towarde Israels right hade, & brought the vnto him. 14 But Israel stretched out his right hande, & layed it vpo ye heade of Ephraim ye yogest & his left hande vpo Manasses heade, & did so wyttingly wt his handes, for Manasses was ye firstborne. 15 And he blessed Ioseph, & saide: The God before who my fathers Abraha & Isaac haue walked: ye God yt hath fed me my lyfe longe vnto this daye: 16 the angell which hath delyuered me fro all euell, blesse these laddes, yt they maye be called after my name, & after ye name of my fathers Abraha & Isaac, yt they maye growe & multiplye vpon earth.
• Gen 49:28 : 28 All these are the twolue trybes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake vnto them, whan he blessed them, euery one with a sundrye blessynge.
• Num 6:23-27 : 23 Speake vnto Aaron and his sonnes, and saye: Thus shal ye saye vnto the childre of Israel, whan ye blesse them. 24 The LORDE blesse the, and kepe the. 25 The LORDE make his face to shyne vpo the, and be mercifull vnto the. 26 The LORDE lift vp his countenaunce vpon the, and geue the peace. 27 For they shal put my name vpo the children of Israel, that I maye blesse them.
• Ruth 3:10 : 10 He sayde: The LORDES blessinge haue thou my doughter. Thou hast done a better mercy here after then before, yt thou art not gone after yonge men, nether riche ner poore.
• 2 Sam 2:5 : 5 he sent messaungers vnto them, sayenge: Blessed be ye of the LORDE, that ye haue done soch mercy vpon youre lorde Saul, and haue buried him.
• Ps 24:1 : 1 The earth is the LORDES, & all that therin is: the copase of the worlde, ad all yt dwell therin.
• Ps 50:10 : 10 For all the beestes of the felde are myne, and thousandes of catell vpon the hilles.
• Ps 115:16 : 16 All the whole heauens are the LORDES, but the earth hath he geue vnto ye childre of men.
• Mic 6:6 : 6 What acceptable thynge shal I offre vnto the LORDE? shall I bowe mykne to the hye God? Shal I come before him wt brentofferinges, and with calues of a yeare olde?