Genesis 48:17 Hebrew Word Analysis

0	saw	וַיַּ֣רְא	h7200
1	And when Joseph	יוֹסֵ֗ף	h3130
2		כִּֽי	h3588
3	laid	יָשִׁ֨ית	h7896
14	his father's	אָבִ֗יו	h1
13	hand	יַד	h3027
6	his right	יְמִינ֛וֹ	h3225
7		עַל	h5921
21	head	רֹ֥אשׁ	h7218
19	it from Ephraim's	אֶפְרַ֖יִם	h669
10	it displeased	וַיֵּ֣רַע	h3415
11		בְּעֵינָ֑יו	h5869
12	him and he held up	וַיִּתְמֹ֣ךְ	h8551
13	hand	יַד	h3027
14	his father's	אָבִ֗יו	h1
15	to remove	לְהָסִ֥יר	h5493
16		אֹתָ֛הּ	h853
17		מֵעַ֥ל	h5921
21	head	רֹ֥אשׁ	h7218
19	it from Ephraim's	אֶפְרַ֖יִם	h669
20		עַל	h5921
21	head	רֹ֥אשׁ	h7218
22	unto Manasseh's	מְנַשֶּֽׁה׃	h4519

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Now when Joseph saw that his father had put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it did not seem right to him; and lifting his father's hand he would have put it on the head of Manasseh.

Darby English Bible (DBY)

When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it was evil in his eyes; and he took hold of his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.

Webster's Bible (WBT)

And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he lifted his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.

World English Bible (WEB)

When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

And Joseph seeth that his father setteth his right hand on the head of Ephraim, and it is wrong in his eyes, and he supporteth the hand of his father to turn it aside from off the head of Ephraim to the head of Manasseh;