Genesis 26:34 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:”

Genesis 26:34 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 26:3417 words

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

בֶּןbenSon

אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman

אֶתʾet—

יְהוּדִיתyəhûdîtJehudith

בַּתbatDaughter

בְּאֵרִיbəʾērîBeeri

הַחִתִּיhaḥitîThe Chittite

וְאֶתwəʾet—

בָּשְׂמַתbāśəmatBosmath

בַּתbatDaughter

אֵילֹןʾêlōnElon

הַחִתִּיhaḥitîThe Chittite

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

בֶּןbenSon

אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יְהוּדִיתyəhûdîtJehudith

בַּתbatDaughter

בְּאֵרִיbəʾērîBeeri

הַחִתִּיhaḥitîThe Chittite

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בָּשְׂמַתbāśəmatBosmath

בַּתbatDaughter

אֵילֹןʾêlōnElon

הַחִתִּיhaḥitîThe Chittite

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