Genesis 27:22 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”

Genesis 27:22 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 27:2213 words

וַיִּגַּשׁwayigašAnd be

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

אֶלʾelNear

יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac

אָבִיוʾāvîwFather

וַיְמֻשֵּׁהוּwayəmušēhûAnd feel of

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

הַקֹּלhaqōlThe voice

קוֹלqwōlVoice

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

וְהַיָּדַיִםwəhayādayimAnd the hand

יְדֵיyədêHand

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּגַּשׁwayigašAnd be

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

אֶלʾelNear

יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac

אָבִיוʾāvîwFather

וַיְמֻשֵּׁהוּwayəmušēhûAnd feel of

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

הַקֹּלhaqōlThe voice

קוֹלqwōlVoice

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

וְהַיָּדַיִםwəhayādayimAnd the hand

יְדֵיyədêHand

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

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