Genesis 14:19

Geneva Bible (1560)

Therefore he blessed him, saying, Blessed art thou, Abram, of God most high possessour 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 And Abram said to the King of Sodom, I haue lift vp mine hand vnto the Lorde the most hie God possessor of heauen and earth,
• Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time Iesus answered, and saide, I giue thee thankes, O Father, Lord of heauen and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and men of vnderstanding, and hast opened them vnto babes.
• Heb 7:6-7 : 6 But he whose kindred is not couted among them, receiued tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises. 7 And without all contradiction the lesse is blessed of the greater.
• Mark 10:16 : 16 And he tooke them vp in his armes, and put his hands vpon them, and blessed them.
• Luke 10:21 : 21 That same houre reioyced Iesus in the spirit, and said, I confesse vnto thee, Father, Lord of heauen & earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and vnderstanding, and hast reueiled them to babes: euen so, Father, because it so pleased thee.
• Acts 16:17 : 17 She followed Paul and vs, and cryed, saying, These men are the seruants of the most high God, which shewe vnto you the way of saluation.
• Eph 1:3 : 3 Blessed be God, and the Father of our Lorde Iesus Christ, which hath blessed vs with all spirituall blessing in heauenly thinges in Christ,
• Eph 1:6 : 6 To the prayse of the glory of his grace, wherewith he hath made vs freely accepted in his beloued,
• Gen 27:4 : 4 Then make mee sauourie meate, such as I loue, and bring it me that I may eat, and that my soule may blesse thee, before I die.
• Gen 27:25-29 : 25 Then said he, Bring it me hither, and I will eate of my sonnes venison, that my soule may blesse thee; he brought it to him, and he ate: also he brought him wine, and he dranke. 26 Afterward his father Izhak sayd vnto him, Come neere nowe, and kisse me, my sonne. 27 And hee came neere and kissed him. Then he smelled the sauour of his garmentes, and blessed him, and sayde, Behold, the smell of my sonne is as the smell of a fielde, which the Lorde hath blessed. 28 God giue thee therefore of the dewe of heauen, and the fatnesse of the earth, and plentie of wheate and wine. 29 Let people bee thy seruantes, and nations bowe vnto thee: be Lorde ouer thy brethren, and let thy mothers children honour thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
• Gen 47:7 : 7 Ioseph also brought Iaakob his father, and set him before Pharaoh; Iaakob saluted Pharaoh.
• Gen 47:10 : 10 And Iaakob tooke leaue of Pharaoh, & departed from the presence of Pharaoh.
• Gen 48:9-9 : 9 And Ioseph sayd vnto his father, They are my sonnes, which God hath giuen mee here. Then he sayd, I pray thee, bring them to me, that I may blesse them: 10 (For the eyes of Israel were dimme for age, so that hee coulde not well see) Then he caused them to come to him, & he kissed them and embraced them. 11 And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph, I had not thought to haue seene thy face: yet lo, God hath shewed me also thy seede. 12 And Ioseph tooke them away from his knees, & did reuerence downe to the ground. 13 Then tooke Ioseph them both, Ephraim in his right hand towarde Israels left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israels right hand, so he brought them vnto him. 14 But Israel stretched out his right hand, and layde it on Ephraims head, which was the yonger, and his left hande vpon Manassehs head (directing his handes of purpose) for Manasseh was the elder. 15 Also he blessed Ioseph and sayde, The God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Izhak did walke, the God, which hath fed me al my life long vnto this day, blesse thee. 16 The Angel, which hath deliuered me from all euill, blesse the children, and let my name be named vpon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Izhak, that they may growe as fish into a multitude in the middes of the earth.
• Gen 49:28 : 28 All these are the twelue tribes of Israel, and thus their father spake vnto them, and blessed them: euery one of them blessed hee with a seuerall blessing.
• Num 6:23-27 : 23 Speake vnto Aaron and to his sonnes, saying, Thus shal ye blesse the childre of Israel, and say vnto them, 24 The Lord blesse thee, and keepe thee, 25 The Lorde make his face shine vpon thee, and be merciful vnto thee, 26 The Lord lift vp his coutenance vpon thee, and giue thee peace. 27 So they shal put my Name vpo the children of Israel, and I wil blesse them.
• Ruth 3:10 : 10 Then sayd he, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter: thou hast shewed more goodnes in the latter end, then at the beginning, in as much as thou followedst not yong men, were they poore or rich.
• 2 Sam 2:5 : 5 And Dauid sent messengers vnto the men of Iabesh Gilead, and said vnto them, Blessed are ye of the Lord, that yee haue shewed such kindenes vnto your lord Saul, that you haue buried him.
• Ps 24:1 : 1 A Psalme of Dauid. The earth is the Lordes, and all that therein is: the worlde and they that dwell therein.
• Ps 50:10 : 10 For all the beastes of the forest are mine, and the beastes on a thousand mountaines.
• Ps 115:16 : 16 The heauens, euen the heauens are the Lordes: but he hath giuen the earth to the sonnes of men.
• Mic 6:6 : 6 Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bowe my selfe before the hie God? Shall I come before him with burnt offrings, and with calues of a yeere olde?