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Genesis 27:37 — King James Version← Study notes

And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?


Genesis 27:37Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 27:3722 words
וַיַּעַןwayaʿanAnd eye
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לְעֵשָׂוləʿēśāwTo Esav
הֵןhēnLo!
גְּבִירgəvîrMaster
שַׂמְתִּיוśamətîwPut
לָךְlāḵəTo
וְאֶתwəʾet
כָּלkālWhole
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
נָתַתִּיnātatîGive
לוֹlwōTo
לַעֲבָדִיםlaʿăvādîmTo servant
וְדָגָןwədāgānAnd increase
וְתִירֹשׁwətîrōšAnd must
סְמַכְתִּיוsəmaḵətîwProp
וּלְכָהûləḵāhAnd to
אֵפוֹאʾēp̄wōʾHere
מָהmāhWhat?
אֶעֱשֶׂהʾeʿĕśehDo
בְּנִיbənîSon
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּעַןwayaʿanAnd eye
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לְעֵשָׂוləʿēśāwTo Esav
הֵןhēnLo!
גְּבִירgəvîrMaster
שַׂמְתִּיוśamətîwPut
לָךְlāḵəTo
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
כָּלkālWhole
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
נָתַתִּיnātatîGive
לוֹlwōTo
לַעֲבָדִיםlaʿăvādîmTo servant
וְדָגָןwədāgānAnd increase
וְתִירֹשׁwətîrōšAnd must
סְמַכְתִּיוsəmaḵətîwProp
וּלְכָהûləḵāhAnd to
אֵפוֹאʾēp̄wōʾHere
מָהmāhWhat?
אֶעֱשֶׂהʾeʿĕśehDo
בְּנִיbənîSon

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