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Genesis 27:31 — King James Version← Study notes

And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me.


Genesis 27:31Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 27:3116 words
וַיַּעַשׂwayaʿaśAnd do
גַּםgamAssemblage
הוּאhûʾHe
מַטְעַמִּיםmaṭəʿamîmDelicacy
וַיָּבֵאwayāvēʾAnd go
לְאָבִיוləʾāvîwTo father
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לְאָבִיוləʾāvîwTo father
יָקֻםyāqumRise
אָבִיʾāvîFather
וְיֹאכַלwəyōʾḵalAnd eat
מִצֵּידmiṣêdFrom chase
בְּנוֹbənwōSon
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

וַיַּעַשׂwayaʿaśAnd do
גַּםgamAssemblage
הוּאhûʾHe
מַטְעַמִּיםmaṭəʿamîmDelicacy
וַיָּבֵאwayāvēʾAnd go
לְאָבִיוləʾāvîwTo father
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לְאָבִיוləʾāvîwTo father
יָקֻםyāqumRise
אָבִיʾāvîFather
וְיֹאכַלwəyōʾḵalAnd eat
מִצֵּידmiṣêdFrom chase
בְּנוֹbənwōSon
בַּעֲבוּרbaʿăvûrIn crossed
תְּבָרֲכַנִּיtəvārăḵanîKneel
נַפְשֶׁךָnap̄əšeḵāBreathing creature

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