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Genesis 32:12

But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”
Genesis 32:12
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

וְאַתָּ֣ה אָמַ֔רְתָּ הֵיטֵ֥ב אֵיטִ֖יב עִמָּ֑ךְ וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ֙ כְּח֣וֹל הַיָּ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יִסָּפֵ֖ר מֵרֹֽב׃

  1. וְאַתָּ֣הve.'a.Tah“and you”
    Conjunction + Pronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from אַתָּ֫ה · “you(m.s.)” · Strong's H0859A
  2. אָמַ֔רְתָּ'a.Mar.ta“you have said”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
  3. הֵיטֵ֥בhei.Tev“certainly <to do good>”
    Verb, hiphil, infinitive absolute, absolute · from יָטַב · “be good” · Strong's H3190
  4. אֵיטִ֖יב'ei.Tiv“I will do good”
    Verb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular · from יָטַב · “be good” · Strong's H3190
  5. עִמָּ֑ךְ'i.Makh“with you”
    Preposition with article + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from עִם · “with” · Strong's H5973A
  6. וְשַׂמְתִּ֤יve.sam.Ti“and I will make”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular · from שׂוּם · “make” · Strong's H7760A
  7. אֶֽת־'et-“<obj.>”
    Particle, direct object marker · from אֵת · “[Obj.]” · Strong's H0853
  8. זַרְעֲךָ֙zar.'a.Kha“offspring your”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from זֶ֫רַע · “children” · Strong's H2233H
  9. כְּח֣וֹלke.Chol“like [the] sand of”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from חוֹל · “sand” · Strong's H2344
  10. הַיָּ֔םhai.Yam“the sea”
    Definite article + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from יָם · “sea” · Strong's H3220G
  11. אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sher“which”
    Particle, relative · from אֲשֶׁר · “which” · Strong's H0834A
  12. לֹא־lo'-“not”
    Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
  13. יִסָּפֵ֖רyi.sa.Fer“it will be counted”
    Verb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from סָפַר · “to recount” · Strong's H5608A
  14. מֵרֹֽב׃me.Ro“from multitude”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from רֹב · “abundance” · Strong's H7230
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)