Genesis 49:26
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

Young's Literal Translation
Thy father’s blessings have been mighty Above the blessings of my progenitors, Unto the limit of the heights age-during They are for the head of Joseph, And for the crown of the one Separate [from] his brethren.

King James Bible
The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

Hebrew
The blessings
בִּרְכֹ֣ת (bir·ḵōṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 1293: Benediction, prosperity

of your father
אָבִ֗יךָ (’ā·ḇî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father

have surpassed
גָּֽבְרוּ֙ (gā·ḇə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1396: To be strong, to prevail, act insolently

the blessings
בִּרְכֹ֣ת (bir·ḵōṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 1293: Benediction, prosperity

of the ancient mountains
הוֹרַ֔י (hō·w·ray)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2029: To conceive, become pregnant

and the bounty
תַּאֲוַ֖ת (ta·’ă·waṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 8379: A limit, full extent

of the everlasting
עוֹלָ֑ם (‘ō·w·lām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always

hills.
גִּבְעֹ֣ת (giḇ·‘ōṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 1389: A hillock

May they rest
תִּֽהְיֶ֙ין֙‪‬ (tih·yen)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

on the head
לְרֹ֣אשׁ (lə·rōš)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7218: The head

of Joseph,
יוֹסֵ֔ף (yō·w·sêp̄)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3130: Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites

on the brow
וּלְקָדְקֹ֖ד (ū·lə·qā·ḏə·qōḏ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6936: Head, crown of the head

of the prince
נְזִ֥יר (nə·zîr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5139: Nazirite -- one consecrated, devoted

of his brothers.
אֶחָֽיו׃ (’e·ḥāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 251: A brother, )

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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