Genesis 28:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֤ה זַרְעֲךָ֙ כַּעֲפַ֣ר הָאָ֔רֶץ וּפָרַצְתָּ֛ יָ֥מָּה וָקֵ֖דְמָה וְצָפֹ֣נָה וָנֶ֑גְבָּה וְנִבְרֲכ֥וּ בְךָ֛ כָּל־מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת הָאֲדָמָ֖ה וּבְזַרְעֶֽךָ

Transliteration

wə-hāyâ zarʿăkā like-ʿăpar the-ʾāreṣ û-pāraṣtā yāmmâ wā-qēdəmâ wə-ṣāpōnâ wā-negbâ wə-nibrəkû in-you all-mišpəḥōt the-ʾădāmâ and-in-zarʿekā

Grammar Details

• *wə-hāyâ*: waw conjunction + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and will be
• *zarʿăkā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your seed/offspring
• *ʿăpar*: noun, masculine singular construct - dust of
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular + definite article - the earth
• *û-pāraṣtā*: waw conjunction + qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - and you will spread
• *yāmmâ*: noun, masculine singular + directional heh - westward
• *wā-qēdəmâ*: waw conjunction + noun, masculine singular + directional heh - and eastward
• *wə-ṣāpōnâ*: waw conjunction + noun, masculine singular + directional heh - and northward
• *wā-negbâ*: waw conjunction + noun, masculine singular + directional heh - and southward
• *wə-nibrəkû*: waw conjunction + niphal perfect 3rd common plural - and will be blessed
• *mišpəḥōt*: noun, feminine plural construct - families/clans of
• *ʾădāmâ*: noun, feminine singular + definite article - the ground/earth
• *zarʿekā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your seed/offspring

Word Meanings

• *hāyâ*: will be/shall become
• *zarʿăkā*: your seed/your offspring/your descendants
• *ʿăpar*: dust/soil/dirt
• *ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground
• *pāraṣtā*: you will spread/you will break forth/you will expand
• *yāmmâ*: westward/seaward/to the sea
• *qēdəmâ*: eastward/to the east
• *ṣāpōnâ*: northward/to the north
• *negbâ*: southward/to the south
• *nibrəkû*: will be blessed/will find blessing/will gain blessing
• *mišpəḥōt*: families/clans/tribes
• *ʾădāmâ*: ground/soil/earth

Referenced Verses

• Gen 12:3 : 3 and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
• Gen 13:14 : 14 And Jehovah said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward:
• Gen 13:16 : 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then may thy seed also be numbered.
• Gen 18:18 : 18 seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
• Gen 22:18 : 18 and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
• Gen 26:4 : 4 and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
• Acts 3:25 : 25 Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
• Gal 3:8 : 8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand unto Abraham, [saying,] In thee shall all the nations be blessed.
• Gal 3:16 : 16 Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
• Eph 1:3 : 3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ:
• Rev 7:4 : 4 And I heard the number of them that were sealed, a hundred and forty and four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:
• Rev 7:9 : 9 After these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of [all] tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands;
• Gen 32:12 : 12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
• Gen 35:11-12 : 11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; 12 and the land which I gave unto Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
• Num 23:10 : 10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!
• Deut 12:20 : 20 When Jehovah thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul desireth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, after all the desire of thy soul.
• Ps 72:17 : 17 His name shall endure for ever; His name shall be continued as long as the sun: And men shall be blessed in him; All nations shall call him happy.
• Matt 8:11 : 11 And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven: