Genesis 25:30 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.”

Genesis 25:30 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 25:3018 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

אֶלʾelNear

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

הַלְעִיטֵנִיhaləʿîṭēnîSwallow greedily

נָאnāʾ'I pray'

מִןminPart

הָאָדֹםhāʾādōmThe rosy

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

עָיֵףʿāyēp̄Languid

אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI

עַלʿalAbove

כֵּןkēnSet upright

קָרָאqārāʾCall out to

שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation

אֱדוֹםʾĕdwōmEdom

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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