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Genesis 27:12 — King James Version← Study notes

My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.


Genesis 27:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 27:1211 words
אוּלַיʾûlayIf not
יְמֻשֵּׁנִיyəmušēnîFeel of
אָבִיʾāvîFather
וְהָיִיתִיwəhāyîtîAnd exist
בְעֵינָיוvəʿênāywIn eye
כִּמְתַעְתֵּעַkimətaʿətēʿaLike cheat
וְהֵבֵאתִיwəhēvēʾtîAnd go
עָלַיʿālayAbove
קְלָלָהqəlālāhVilification
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
בְרָכָהvərāḵāhBenediction
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

אוּלַיʾûlayIf not
יְמֻשֵּׁנִיyəmušēnîFeel of
אָבִיʾāvîFather
וְהָיִיתִיwəhāyîtîAnd exist
בְעֵינָיוvəʿênāywIn eye
כִּמְתַעְתֵּעַkimətaʿətēʿaLike cheat
וְהֵבֵאתִיwəhēvēʾtîAnd go
עָלַיʿālayAbove
קְלָלָהqəlālāhVilification
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
בְרָכָהvərāḵāhBenediction

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