Genesis 24:60
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”

Young's Literal Translation
and they bless Rebekah, and say to her, ‘Thou [art] our sister; become thou thousands of myriads, and thy seed doth possess the gate of those hating it.’

King James Bible
And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou [art] our sister, be thou [the mother] of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

Hebrew
And they blessed
וַיְבָרֲכ֤וּ (way·ḇā·ră·ḵū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse

Rebekah
רִבְקָה֙ (riḇ·qāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 7259: Rebekah -- wife of Isaac

and said
וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to her,
לָ֔הּ (lāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

“Our sister,
אֲחֹתֵ֕נוּ (’ă·ḥō·ṯê·nū)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's 269: Sister -- a sister

may you
אַ֥תְּ (’at)
Pronoun - second person feminine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

become the mother
הֲיִ֖י (hă·yî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

of thousands
לְאַלְפֵ֣י (lə·’al·p̄ê)
Preposition-l | Number - masculine plural construct
Strong's 505: A thousand

upon thousands.
רְבָבָ֑ה (rə·ḇā·ḇāh)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 7233: Multitude, myriad, ten thousand

May your offspring
זַרְעֵ֔ךְ (zar·‘êḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

possess
וְיִירַ֣שׁ (wə·yî·raš)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin

the gates
שַׁ֥עַר (ša·‘ar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8179: An opening, door, gate

of their enemies.”
שֹׂנְאָֽיו׃ (śō·nə·’āw)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8130: To hate

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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