Genesis 48:17
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.”
יוֹסֵף
Joseph, may he add. Yowseph. From the root to add or increase. What looks like subtraction is often God's addition in disguise.
יָמִין
right/ his
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יָמִין
the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
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רֹאשׁ
the head of
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רֹאשׁ
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
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יָד
the hand of
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יָד
Hand. Yad. The hand as the symbol of power and action. When God's hand rests on a life nothing is impossible.
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מְנַשֶּׁה
Manasseh
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מְנַשֶּׁה
Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
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שִׁית
he will put
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שִׁית
to place (in a very wide application)
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