King James Version

Genesis 49:2

Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

Study

Hebrew

Tap a word to see its meaning. Words run left to right in English reading order.

הִקָּבְצ֥וּhiqavetsvassembleקָבַץverb, niphal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “assemble”, a commandH6908to grasp, i.e. collectassemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, [idiom] surely, take up.וְשִׁמְע֖וּveshimvand hearשָׁמַעconjunction, verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and hear”, a commandH8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)[idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) n…בְּנֵ֣יbenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a 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 father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […יַעֲקֹ֑בyaaqovJacobיַעֲקֹבnoun, proper name — “Jacob”H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarchJacob.וְשִׁמְע֖וּveshimvand hearשָׁמַעconjunction, verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and hear”, a commandH8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)[idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) n…אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).יִשְׂרָאֵ֥לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.אֲבִיכֶֽםavikhemfatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; And hearken unto Israel your father.

Young’s Literal Translation

'Be assembled, and hear, sons of Jacob, And hearken unto Israel your father.

World English Bible

Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.

Darby Translation

Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob, And listen to Israel your father.

Douay-Rheims

Gather yourselves together, and hear, O ye sons of Jacob, hearken to Israel your father:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Gather yourselves together, and hear me, sons of Jacob; hear Israel, hear your father.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Συνάχθητε, καὶ ἀκούσατέ μου, υἱοὶ Ἰακώβ· ἀκούσατε Ἰσραὴλ, ἀκούσατε τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν.