Genesis 9:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יַ֤פְתְּ אֱלֹהִים֙ לְיֶ֔פֶת וְיִשְׁכֹּ֖ן בְּאָֽהֳלֵי־שֵׁ֑ם וִיהִ֥י כְנַ֖עַן עֶ֥בֶד לָֽמוֹ׃

Transliteration

Yapt ʾĕlōhîm to-yepet and-yiškōn in-ʾohŏlê-šēm and-wîhî kĕnaʿan ʿebed to-them.

Grammar Details

*yapt*: jussive, 3rd singular masculine, hiphil - may he enlarge
*ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine, plural form (divine plural) - God
*yepet*: proper noun, masculine, singular - Japheth
*yiškōn*: jussive, 3rd singular masculine - may he dwell
*ʾohŏlê*: noun, masculine, plural, construct state - tents of
*šēm*: proper noun, masculine, singular - Shem
*wîhî*: jussive, 3rd singular masculine with waw-consecutive - and may he be
*kĕnaʿan*: proper noun, masculine, singular - Canaan
*ʿebed*: noun, masculine, singular - servant
*lāmô*: preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix (poetic/archaic form) - to him/them

Word Meanings

*yapt*: may he enlarge/may he expand/may he make room (wordplay on Japheth's name)
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings/judges
*yiškōn*: may he dwell/may he live/may he reside
*ʾohŏlê*: tents of/dwellings of/territory of
*wîhî*: may he be/let him be
*ʿebed*: servant/slave/bondservant
*lāmô*: to them/to him (poetic form)

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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Referenced Verses

Rom 11:12 : 12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
Rom 15:12 : 12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
Eph 2:13-14 : 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
Eph 2:19 : 19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Eph 3:6 : 6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
Eph 3:13 : 13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Heb 11:9-9 : 9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: 10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Isa 11:10 : 10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
Hos 2:14 : 14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
Mal 1:11 : 11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
Acts 17:14 : 14 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.

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