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Genesis 27:11 — King James Version← Study notes

And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:


Genesis 27:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 27:1113 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
אֶלʾelNear
רִבְקָהrivəqāhRibkah
אִמּוֹʾimwōMother
הֵןhēnLo!
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
אָחִיʾāḥîBrother
אִישׁʾîšMan
שָׂעִרśāʿirShaggy
וְאָנֹכִיwəʾānōḵîAnd I
אִישׁʾîšMan
חָלָקḥālāqSmooth
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
אֶלʾelNear
רִבְקָהrivəqāhRibkah
אִמּוֹʾimwōMother
הֵןhēnLo!
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
אָחִיʾāḥîBrother
אִישׁʾîšMan
שָׂעִרśāʿirShaggy
וְאָנֹכִיwəʾānōḵîAnd I
אִישׁʾîšMan
חָלָקḥālāqSmooth

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