Genesis 27:39 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;”
Genesis 27:39 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 27:3913 words
וַיַּעַןwayaʿanAnd eye
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
מִשְׁמַנֵּיmišəmanêFrom fat
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
מוֹשָׁבֶךָmwōšāveḵāSeat
וּמִטַּלûmiṭalAnd from dew
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
מֵעָלmēʿālFrom above
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