Genesis 27:29 — King James Version← Study notes
“Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.”
Genesis 27:29 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 27:2917 words
יַעַבְדוּךָyaʿavədûḵāWork
עַמִּיםʿamîmPeople
וישתחוwyštḥwAnd depress
וְיִשְׁתַּחֲווּwəyišətaḥăwûAnd depress
לְךָləḵāTo
לְאֻמִּיםləʾumîmCommunity
הֱוֵהhĕwēhBe
גְבִירgəvîrMaster
לְאַחֶיךָləʾaḥeyḵāTo brother
וְיִשְׁתַּחֲוּוּwəyišətaḥăûûAnd depress
לְךָləḵāTo
בְּנֵיbənêSon
אִמֶּךָʾimeḵāMother
אֹרְרֶיךָʾōrəreyḵāExecrate
אָרוּרʾārûrExecrate
וּמְבָרֲכֶיךָûməvārăḵeyḵāAnd kneel
בָּרוּךְbārûḵəKneel
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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