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Genesis 27:42 — King James Version← Study notes

And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.


Genesis 27:42Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 27:4220 words
וַיֻּגַּדwayugadAnd front
לְרִבְקָהlərivəqāhTo Ribkah
אֶתʾet
דִּבְרֵיdivərêWord
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
בְּנָהּbənāhSon
הַגָּדֹלhagādōlThe great
וַתִּשְׁלַחwatišəlaḥAnd send
וַתִּקְרָאwatiqərāʾAnd call out to
לְיַעֲקֹבləyaʿăqōvTo Jacob
בְּנָהּbənāhSon
הַקָּטָןhaqāṭānThe abbreviated
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
אָחִיךָʾāḥîḵāBrother
מִתְנַחֵםmitənaḥēmSigh
לְךָləḵāTo
לְהָרְגֶךָləhārəgeḵāTo smite
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֻּגַּדwayugadAnd front
לְרִבְקָהlərivəqāhTo Ribkah
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
דִּבְרֵיdivərêWord
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
בְּנָהּbənāhSon
הַגָּדֹלhagādōlThe great
וַתִּשְׁלַחwatišəlaḥAnd send
וַתִּקְרָאwatiqərāʾAnd call out to
לְיַעֲקֹבləyaʿăqōvTo Jacob
בְּנָהּbənāhSon
הַקָּטָןhaqāṭānThe abbreviated
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
אָחִיךָʾāḥîḵāBrother
מִתְנַחֵםmitənaḥēmSigh
לְךָləḵāTo
לְהָרְגֶךָləhārəgeḵāTo smite

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