Genesis 27:36 — King James Version← Study notes
“And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?”
Genesis 27:36 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 27:3620 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הֲכִיhăḵîRelative conjunction
קָרָאqārāʾCall out to
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
וַיַּעְקְבֵנִיwayaʿəqəvēnîAnd seize by the heel
זֶהzehThis
פַעֲמַיִםp̄aʿămayimStroke
אֶתʾet—
בְּכֹרָתִיbəḵōrātîFirstling
לָקָחlāqāḥTake
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
עַתָּהʿatāhAt this time
לָקַחlāqaḥTake
בִּרְכָתִיbirəḵātîBenediction
וַיֹּאמַרwayōʾmarAnd say
הֲלֹאhălōʾNot
אָצַלְתָּʾāṣalətāJoin
לִּיlîTo
בְּרָכָהbərāḵāhBenediction
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