Genesis 37:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ לוֹ֙ אֶחָ֔יו הֲמָלֹ֤ךְ תִּמְלֹךְ֙ עָלֵ֔ינוּ אִם־מָשׁ֥וֹל תִּמְשֹׁ֖ל בָּ֑נוּ וַיּוֹסִ֤פוּ עוֹד֙ שְׂנֹ֣א אֹת֔וֹ עַל־חֲלֹמֹתָ֖יו וְעַל־דְּבָרָֽיו׃

Transliteration

And wə-yōʾmərû to him his ʾeḥāyw: hă-mālōḵ timlōḵ over us, if-māšôl timšōl among us? And wə-yôsip̄û again śənōʾ ʾōṯô because of-his ḥălōmōṯāyw and because of-his dəḇārāyw

Grammar Details

• *wə-yōʾmərû*: waw-consecutive with imperfect 3rd masculine plural - 'and they said'
• *hă-mālōḵ*: interrogative particle with infinitive absolute - 'will you indeed reign?'
• *timlōḵ*: imperfect 2nd masculine singular - 'you will reign'
• *māšôl*: infinitive absolute - 'to rule'
• *timšōl*: imperfect 2nd masculine singular - 'you will rule'
• *wə-yôsip̄û*: waw-consecutive with imperfect 3rd masculine plural - 'and they continued/added'
• *śənōʾ*: infinitive absolute - 'to hate'
• *ḥălōmōṯāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'his dreams'
• *dəḇārāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'his words'

Word Meanings

• *hă-mālōḵ* *timlōḵ*: will you indeed reign/will you actually be king
• *māšôl* *timšōl*: will you indeed rule/will you actually have dominion

Referenced Verses

• Gen 37:4 : 4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
• Gen 49:26 : 26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
• Exod 2:14 : 14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
• 1 Sam 10:27 : 27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
• 1 Sam 17:28 : 28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
• Ps 2:3-6 : 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. 6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
• Ps 118:22 : 22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
• Luke 19:14 : 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
• Luke 20:17 : 17 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
• Acts 4:27-28 : 27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, 28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
• Acts 7:35 : 35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
• Heb 10:29 : 29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?