Genesis 49:3
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
7205 [e]רְאוּבֵן֙
rə-’ū-ḇên
ReubenN-proper-ms
1060 [e]בְּכֹ֣רִי
bə-ḵō-rî
my firstbornN-msc | 1cs
859 [e]אַ֔תָּה
’at-tāh,
you [are]Pro-2ms
3581 [e]כֹּחִ֖י
kō-ḥî
my mightN-msc | 1cs
7225 [e]וְרֵאשִׁ֣ית
wə-rê-šîṯ
and the beginningConj-w | N-fsc
202 [e]אוֹנִ֑י
’ō-w-nî;
of my strengthN-msc | 1cs
3499 [e]יֶ֥תֶר
ye-ṯer
the excellencyN-msc
7613 [e]שְׂאֵ֖ת
śə-’êṯ
of dignityN-fs
3499 [e]וְיֶ֥תֶר
wə-ye-ṯer
and the excellencyConj-w | N-msc
5794 [e]עָֽז׃
‘āz.
of powerAdj-ms





















Hebrew Texts
בראשית 49:3 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
רְאוּבֵן֙ בְּכֹ֣רִי אַ֔תָּה כֹּחִ֖י וְרֵאשִׁ֣ית אֹונִ֑י יֶ֥תֶר שְׂאֵ֖ת וְיֶ֥תֶר עָֽז׃

בראשית 49:3 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
ראובן בכרי אתה כחי וראשית אוני יתר שאת ויתר עז׃

בראשית 49:3 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
ראובן בכרי אתה כחי וראשית אוני יתר שאת ויתר עז׃

בראשית 49:3 Hebrew Bible
ראובן בכרי אתה כחי וראשית אוני יתר שאת ויתר עז׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Reuben, you are my firstborn; My might and the beginning of my strength, Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.

King James Bible
Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength and the firstfruits of my virility, excelling in prominence, excelling in power.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

my firstborn.

Genesis 29:32 And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben: …

Genesis 46:8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into …

Genesis 48:18 And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father: for this is the …

Numbers 1:20 And the children of Reuben, Israel's oldest son, by their generations, …

Numbers 26:5 Reuben, the oldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, …

1 Chronicles 2:1 These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, …

1 Chronicles 5:1,3 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; …

my might.

Deuteronomy 21:17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, …

Psalm 78:51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength …

Psalm 105:36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.

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