Genesis 27:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:”

Genesis 27:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 27:1610 words

וְאֵתwəʾēt—

עֹרֹתʿōrōtSkin

גְּדָיֵיgədāyêYoung goat

הָעִזִּיםhāʿizîmThe she-goat

הִלְבִּישָׁהhiləbîšāhWrap around

עַלʿalAbove

יָדָיוyādāywHand

וְעַלwəʿalAnd above

חֶלְקַתḥeləqatSmoothness

צַוָּארָיוṣaûʾrāywNeck

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

עֹרֹתʿōrōtSkin

גְּדָיֵיgədāyêYoung goat

הָעִזִּיםhāʿizîmThe she-goat

הִלְבִּישָׁהhiləbîšāhWrap around

עַלʿalAbove

יָדָיוyādāywHand

וְעַלwəʿalAnd above

חֶלְקַתḥeləqatSmoothness

צַוָּארָיוṣaûʾrāywNeck

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