Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 37:2 - These
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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These | H428 | אֵלֶּה |
these or those |
are the generations | H8435 | תּוֹלְדָה |
[Noun Feminine] (plural only) {descent} that {is} family; (figuratively) history |
of Jacob | H3290 | יַעֲקֹב |
[Proper Name Masculine] heel catcher (that {is} supplanter); {Jaakob} the Israelitish patriarch |
Joseph | H3130 | יוֹסֵף |
[Proper Name Masculine] let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); {Joseph} the name of seven Israelites |
being seventeen | H7651 | שֶׁבַע |
[Noun] a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication a week; by extension an indefinite number |
years | H8141 | שָׁנֶה |
[Noun Feminine] from H8138; a year (as a revolution of time) |
old | H1121 | בֵּן |
[Noun Masculine] a son (as a builder of the family {name}) in the widest sense (of literal and figurative {relationship} including {grandson} subject: {nation} quality or {condition} {etc.} (like {H1 } {H251 } etc.) |
was | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
feeding | H7462 | רָעָה |
[Verb] to tend a {flock} that {is} pasture it; intransitively to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension to associate with (as a friend) |
the flock | H6629 | צֹאן |
[Noun Feminine] a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men) |
with | H854 | אֵת |
[Preposition] properly nearness (used only as a preposition or {adverb}) near; hence generally {with} by: {at} {among } etc. |
his brethren | H251 | אָח |
[Noun Masculine] a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like H1)) |
and the lad | H5288 | נַעַר |
[Noun Masculine] (concretely) a boy (as {active}) from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication a servant; also (by interchange of {sex}) a girl (of similar latitude in age) |
was | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
with | H854 | אֵת |
[Preposition] properly nearness (used only as a preposition or {adverb}) near; hence generally {with} by: {at} {among } etc. |
the sons | H1121 | בֵּן |
[Noun Masculine] a son (as a builder of the family {name}) in the widest sense (of literal and figurative {relationship} including {grandson} subject: {nation} quality or {condition} {etc.} (like {H1 } {H251 } etc.) |
of Bilhah | H1090 | בִּלְהָה |
timid; {Bilhah} the name of one of Jacob´ s concubines; also of a place in Palestine |
and with | H854 | אֵת |
[Preposition] properly nearness (used only as a preposition or {adverb}) near; hence generally {with} by: {at} {among } etc. |
the sons | H1121 | בֵּן |
[Noun Masculine] a son (as a builder of the family {name}) in the widest sense (of literal and figurative {relationship} including {grandson} subject: {nation} quality or {condition} {etc.} (like {H1 } {H251 } etc.) |
of Zilpah | H2153 | זִלְפָּה |
[Proper Name Feminine] fragrant dropping; {Zilpah} Leah´ s maid |
his father's wives | H802 | אִשָּׁה |
[Noun Feminine] the second form is an irregular plural; a woman (used in the same wide sense as H582). |
and Joseph | H3130 | יוֹסֵף |
[Proper Name Masculine] let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); {Joseph} the name of seven Israelites |
brought | H935 | בּוֹא |
[Verb] to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) |
unto | H413 | אֵל |
[Preposition] a primitive {particle} properly denoting motion {towards} but occasionally used of a quiescent {position} that {is} near: with or among; often in {general} to |
his father | H1 | אָב |
[Noun Masculine] father in a literal and {immediate} or figurative and remote application |
their evil | H7451 | רַע |
[Adjective] bad or (as noun) evil (naturally or morally). This includes the second (feminine) form; as adjective or noun |
report | H1681 | דִּבָּה |
[Noun Feminine] slander |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.