Genesis 22:17

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

that I will blesse th and multiplye thy seed as the starres of heaven and as the sonde vpo the seesyde. And thy seed shall possesse the gates of hys enymies.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־בָרֵ֣ךְ אֲבָרֶכְךָ֗ וְהַרְבָּ֨ה אַרְבֶּ֤ה אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ֙ כְּכוֹכְבֵ֣י הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְכַח֕וֹל אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־שְׂפַ֣ת הַיָּ֑ם וְיִרַ֣שׁ זַרְעֲךָ֔ אֵ֖ת שַׁ֥עַר אֹיְבָֽיו׃

Transliteration

that-bārēk ʾăbārekəkā wə-harbāh ʾarbeh ʾet-zarʿăkā as-kôkəbê the-šāmayim and-as-the-ḥôl ʾăšer upon-śəpat the-yām wə-yiraš zarʿăkā ʾēt šaʿar ʾōyəbāyw

Grammar Details

• *bārēk*: Piel infinitive absolute - blessing
• *ʾăbārekəkā*: Piel imperfect, 1st person singular + 2nd masculine singular object suffix - I will bless you
• *wə-harbāh*: conjunction + Hiphil infinitive absolute - and multiplying
• *ʾarbeh*: Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I will multiply
• *zarʿăkā*: masculine singular noun + 2nd masculine singular possessive suffix - your seed/offspring
• *kôkəbê*: masculine plural construct noun - stars of
• *šāmayim*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the heavens
• *ḥôl*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the sand
• *śəpat*: feminine singular construct noun - shore/lip of
• *yām*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the sea
• *wə-yiraš*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he shall possess
• *šaʿar*: masculine singular construct noun - gate of
• *ʾōyəbāyw*: masculine plural Qal participle + 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - his enemies

Word Meanings

• *bārēk ʾăbārekəkā*: surely bless you/greatly bless you/indeed bless you
• *harbāh ʾarbeh*: surely multiply/greatly multiply/indeed multiply
• *zarʿăkā*: your seed/your offspring/your descendants
• *yiraš*: shall possess/shall inherit/shall take possession of
• *šaʿar*: gate/city/territory

Referenced Verses

• Gen 15:5 : 5 And he brought him out at the doores ad sayde. Loke vpp vnto heaven and tell the starres yf thou be able to nobre them. And sayde vnto him Even so shall thy seed be.
• Gen 13:16 : 16 And I wyll make thy seed as the dust of the erth: so that yf a ma can nombre the dust of the erth than shall thy seed also be nombred.
• Gen 24:60 : 60 And they blessed Rebecca and sayde vnto her: Thou art oure sister growe in to thousande thousandes and thy seed possesse ye gates of their emnies.
• Gen 26:4 : 4 and will multiplye thy seed as ye starres of heave and will geue vnto thy seed all these contreis. And thorow thy seed shall all the natios of the erth be blessed
• Gen 27:28-29 : 28 God geue the of ye dewe of heave and of the fatnesse of the erth and pletie of corne and wyne. 29 People be thy servauntes and natios bowe vnto the. Be LORde ouer thy brethre and thy mothers children stoupe vnto the. Cursed be he yt curseth the and lessed be he that blesseth the.
• Gen 28:3 : 3 And God allmightie blesse the increase the and multiplie the that thou mayst be a nombre of peopl
• Gen 28:14-22 : 14 And thy seed shalbe as the dust of the erth: And thou shalt spreade abrode: west east north and south. And thorow the and thy seed shall all the kynreddes of the erth be blessed. 15 And se I am with the and wylbe thy keper in all places whother thou goost and wyll brynge ye agayne in to this lande: Nether will I leaue the vntill I haue made good all that I haue promysed the. 16 When Iacob was awaked out of his slepe he sayde: surely the LORde is in this place ad I was not aware. 17 And he was afrayde and sayde how fearfull is this place? it is none other but euen the house of God and the gate of heaue. 18 And Iacob stode vp early in the mornynge and toke the stone that he had layde vnder his heade and pitched it vp an ende and poured oyle on the topp of it. 19 And he called the name of the place Bethell for in dede the name of the citie was called Lus before tyme. 20 And Iacob vowed a vowe saynge: Yf God will be with me and wyll kepe me in this iourney which I goo and will geue me bread to eate and cloothes to put o 21 so that I come agayne vnto my fathers house in saftie: then shall the LORde be my God 22 and this stone which I haue sett vp an ende shalbe godes house And of all that thou shalt geue me will I geue the tenth vnto the.
• Gen 32:12 : 12 Thou saydest that thou woldest surely do me good and woldest make mi seed as the sonde of the see which can not be nombred for multitude.
• Gen 49:25-26 : 25 Thi fathers God shall helpe the and the almightie shall blesse the with blessinges from heaven aboue and with blessinges of the water that lieth vnder and with blessinges of the brestes and of the wombe. 26 The blessinges of thy father were stronge: euen as the blessinges of my elders after the desyre of the hiest in the worlde and these blessinges shall fall on the head of Ioseph and on the toppe of the head of him yt was separat from his brethern.
• Num 24:17-19 : 17 I se him but not now I beholde him but not nye. There shall come a starre of Iacob and ryse a cepter of Israel which shall smyte ye coostes of Moab and vndermyne all the childern of Seth. 18 And Edom shalbe his possession and ye possession of Seir shalbe their enimyes and Israel shall doo manfully. 19 And out of Iacob shall come he that shall destroye the remnaut of the cities.
• Deut 1:10 : 10 For the Lorde youre God hath multiplyed you: so that ye are this daye as the starres of heauen in numbr
• Deut 21:19 : 19 Then let his father and his mother take him and brynge hym out vnto the elders of that citie and vnto the gate of that same place,
• Deut 28:2-9 : 2 And all these blessynges shall come on the and ouertake the, yf thou shalt herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God. 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the towne and blessed in the feldes, 4 blessed shalbe the frute of thy body, the frute of thy grounde and the frute of thy catell, the frute of thine oxen, and thy flockes of shepe, 5 blessed shall thine almery be ad thy store. 6 Blessed shalt thou be, both when thou goest out, ad blessed whe thou comest in. 7 The Lorde shall smyte thyne enemyes that ryse agenst the before thy face. They shall come out agenst the one waye, and flee before the seuen wayes. 8 The Lorde shal commaunde the blessynge to be with the in thy store housses ad in all that thou settest thine hande to, and will blesse the in the lande which the Lord thi god geueth the. 9 The Lorde shall make the an holye people vnto himselfe, as he hath sworen vnto the: yf thou shalt kepe the commaundmentes of the Lorde thy God and walke in hys wayes. 10 And all nacyons of the erthe shall se that thou arte called after the name of the Lorde, and they shalbe aferde off the. 11 And the Lorde shall make the plenteous in goodes, in the frute of thy body, in the frute off thy catell and in the frute of thy grounde, in the londe whiche the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers to geue the. 12 The Lorde shall open vnto the his good treasure, euen the heauen, to geue rayne vnto thy londe in due ceason and to blesse all the laboures of thine hande. And thou shalt lende vnto many nacyos, but shalt not nede to borowe thy selfe. 13 And the Lorde shall sett the before and not behinde, and thou shalt be aboue only and not beneth: yf that thou herken vnto the commaundmentes of the Lorde thy God which I commaunde the this daye to kepe and to doo them.
• Luke 1:68-75 : 68 Blessed be the Lorde God of Israel for he hath visited and redemed his people. 69 And hath reysed vp an horne of salvacion vnto vs in the housse of his servaunt David. 70 Even as he promised by ye mouth of his holy prophetes which were sens ye worlde began 71 That we shuld be saved from oure enemies and from the hondis of all that hate vs: 72 To fulfill the mercy promised to oure fathers and to remember his holy covenaunt. 73 And to performe the oothe which he sware to oure father Adraham 74 for to geve vs. That we delyvered oute of ye hondes of oure enemyes myght serve him with oute feare 75 all the dayes of oure lyfe in suche holynes and ryghtewesnes that are accept before him.
• 1 Cor 15:57 : 57 But thankes be vnto God which hath geven vs victory thorow oure Lorde Iesus Christ.
• Eph 1:3 : 3 Blessed be God the father of oure LORde Iesus Christ which hath blessed vs with all maner of spirituall blessinges in hevely thynges by Chryst
• Rev 11:15 : 15 And the seventh angell blewe and therwere made great voyces in heve sayinge: the kyngdoms of this worlde are oure LORdes and his christes and he shall raygne for ever more.
• Gen 12:2 : 2 And I wyll make of the a myghtie people and wyll blesse the and make thy name grete that thou mayst be a blessinge.
• Gen 17:6 : 6 and I will multiplye the excedyngly and wyll make nations of the: yee and kynges shall sprynge out of the.