Genesis 9:26

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

And he sayd: Blessed be the LORde God of Se and Canaan be his seruante.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר בָּר֥וּךְ יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹ֣הֵי שֵׁ֑ם וִיהִ֥י כְנַ֖עַן עֶ֥בֶד לָֽמוֹ׃

Transliteration

And-wayyōʾmer bārûk yhwh ʾĕlōhê šēm and-wîhî kĕnaʿan ʿebed to-them.

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: waw-consecutive + imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he said
• *bārûk*: passive participle, masculine, singular, qal - blessed
• *yhwh*: divine name - YHWH/the LORD
• *ʾĕlōhê*: noun, masculine, plural, construct state - God 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

• *bārûk*: blessed/praised/honored
• *yhwh*: YHWH/the LORD/Jehovah
• *ʾĕlōhê*: God of/deity of
• *wîhî*: may he be/let him be
• *ʿebed*: servant/slave/bondservant
• *lāmô*: to them/to him (poetic form)

Referenced Verses

• Gen 10:10-26 : 10 And the begynnynge of hys kyngdome was Babell Erech Achad and Chalne in the lande of Synear: 11 Out of that lande came Assur and buylded Ninyue and the cyte rehoboth and Calah 12 And Ressen betwene Ninyue ad Chalah. That is a grete cyte. 13 And Mizraim begat Iudun Enamim Leabim Naphtuhim 14 Pathrusim and Castuhim: from whence came the Philystyns and the Capthiherynes. 15 Canaan also begat zidon his eldest sonne and Heth 16 Iebusi Emori Girgosi 17 Hiui Arki Sini 18 Aruadi Zemari and hamari. And afterward sprange the kynreds of the Canaanytes 19 And the costes of the Canaanytes were fro Sydon tyll thou come to Gerara and to Asa and tyll thou come to Sodoma Gomorra Adama Zeboim: eve vnto Lasa. 20 These were the chyldre of Ham in there kynreddes tonges landes and nations. 21 And Sem the father of all ye childre of Eber and the eldest brother of Iapheth begat children also. 22 And his sonnes were: Elam Assur Arphachsad Lud ad Aram. 23 And ye childree of Aram were: Vz Hul Gether and Mas 24 And Arphachsad begat Sala and Sala begat Eber. 25 And Eber begat.ij. sonnes. The name of the one was Peleg for in his tyme the erth was devyded. And the name of his brother was Iaketanr 26 Iaketan begat Almodad Saleph Hyzarmoneth Iarah
• Gen 12:1-3 : 1 Then the LORde sayd vnto Abra Gett the out of thy contre and from thy kynred and out of thy fathers house into a londe which I wyll shewe the. 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. 3 And I wyll blesse the that blesse the ad curse the that curse the. And in the shall be blessed all the generations of the erth.
• Gen 27:37 : 37 Isaac answered and sayde vnto Esau: beholde I haue made him thi LORde and all his mothers childern haue I made his seruauntes. Moreouer wyth corne ad wyne haue I stablesshed him what ca I do vnto the now my sonne?
• Gen 27:40 : 40 And wyth thy swerde shalt thou lyue and shalt be thy brothers seruaunte But the tyme will come when thou shalt gett the mastrye and lowse his yocke from of thy necke.
• Deut 33:26 : 26 There is none like vnto the God of the off Israel: he that sitteth vppon heauen shalbe thine helpe, whose glorie is in the cloudes,
• Luke 3:23-36 : 23 And Iesus him silfe was about thirty yere of age when he begane beinge as men supposed the sonne of Ioseph. which Ioseph was the sonne of Heli 24 which was the sonne of Mathat which was the sonne of Levi: which was the sonne of Melchi: which was the sonne of Ianna: which was the sonne of Ioseph: 25 which was the sonne of Matatthias: which was the sonne of Amos: which was the sonne of Nahum: which was the sonne of Esli: which was the sonne of Nagge: 26 which was the sonne of Maath: which was the sonne of Matathias: which was the sonne of Semei: which was the sonne of Ioseph: which was the sonne of Iuda: 27 which was the sonne of Iohanna: which was the sonne of Rhesya: which was the sonne of zorobabel: which was the sonne of Salathiel: which was the sonne of Neri: 28 which was the sonne of Melchi: which was the sonne of Addi: which was the sonne of Cosam: which was the sonne of Helmadam: which was the sonne of Her: 29 which was the sonne of Ieso: which was the sonne of Helieser: which was the sonne of Ioram: which was the sonne of Mattha: which was the sonne of Levi: 30 which was the sonne of Simeon: which was the sonne of Iuda: which was the sonne of Ioseph: which was the sonne of Ionam: which was the sonne of Heliachim: 31 which was the sonne of Melea: which was the sonne of Menam: which was the sonne of Mathathan: which was the sonne of Nathan: which was the sonne of David: 32 which was the sonne of Iesse: which was the sonne of Obed: which was the sonne of Boos: which was the sonne of Salmon: which was the sonne of Naason: 33 which was the sonne of Aminadab: which was the sonne of Aram: which was the sonne of Esrom: which was the sonne of Phares: which was the sonne of Iuda: 34 which was the sonne of Iacob: which was the sonne of Ysaac: which was the sonne of Abraham: which was the sonne of Tharra: which was the sonne of Nachor: 35 which was the sonne of Saruch: which was the sonne of Ragau: which was the sonne of Phalec: which was the sonne of Heber: which was the sonne of Sala: 36 which was the sonne of Cainan: which was the sonne of Arphaxat: which was the sonne of Sem: which was the sonne of Noe: which was the sonne of Lameth:
• Rom 9:5 : 5 whose also are the fathers and they of whome (as concernynge the flesshe) Christ came which is God over all thinges blessed for ever Amen.
• Heb 11:16 : 16 But now they desyre a better that is to saye a hevenlye. Wherfore God is not ashamed of them even to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a citie.