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Genesis 27:19 — King James Version← Study notes

And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.


Genesis 27:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 27:1919 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
אֶלʾelNear
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
בְּכֹרֶךָbəḵōreḵāFirst-born
עָשִׂיתִיʿāśîtîDo
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
דִּבַּרְתָּdibarətāArrange
אֵלָיʾēlāyNear
קוּםqûmRise
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
שְׁבָהšəvāhSit
וְאָכְלָהwəʾāḵəlāhAnd eat
מִצֵּידִיmiṣêdîFrom chase
בַּעֲבוּרbaʿăvûrIn crossed
תְּבָרֲכַנִּיtəvārăḵanîKneel
נַפְשֶׁךָnap̄əšeḵāBreathing creature
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
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
בְּכֹרֶךָbəḵōreḵāFirst-born
עָשִׂיתִיʿāśîtîDo
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
דִּבַּרְתָּdibarətāArrange
אֵלָיʾēlāyNear
קוּםqûmRise
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
שְׁבָהšəvāhSit
וְאָכְלָהwəʾāḵəlāhAnd eat
מִצֵּידִיmiṣêdîFrom chase
בַּעֲבוּרbaʿăvûrIn crossed
תְּבָרֲכַנִּיtəvārăḵanîKneel
נַפְשֶׁךָnap̄əšeḵāBreathing creature

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