Genesis 27:41 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.”

Genesis 27:41 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 27:4120 words

וַיִּשְׂטֹםwayiśəṭōmAnd lurk for

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

אֶתʾet—

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

עַלʿalAbove

הַבְּרָכָהhabərāḵāhThe benediction

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בֵּרֲכוֹbērăḵwōKneel

אָבִיוʾāvîwFather

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

בְּלִבּוֹbəlibwōIn heart

יִקְרְבוּyiqərəvûApproach

יְמֵיyəmêDay

אֵבֶלʾēvelLamentation

אָבִיʾāvîFather

וְאַהַרְגָהwəʾaharəgāhAnd smite

אֶתʾet—

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

אָחִיʾāḥîBrother

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשְׂטֹםwayiśəṭōmAnd lurk for

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

עַלʿalAbove

הַבְּרָכָהhabərāḵāhThe benediction

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בֵּרֲכוֹbērăḵwōKneel

אָבִיוʾāvîwFather

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

בְּלִבּוֹbəlibwōIn heart

יִקְרְבוּyiqərəvûApproach

יְמֵיyəmêDay

אֵבֶלʾēvelLamentation

אָבִיʾāvîFather

וְאַהַרְגָהwəʾaharəgāhAnd smite

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

אָחִיʾāḥîBrother

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