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Genesis 27:46 — King James Version← Study notes

And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?


Genesis 27:46Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 27:4621 words
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
רִבְקָהrivəqāhRibkah
אֶלʾelNear
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
קַצְתִּיqaṣətîBe
בְחַיַּיvəḥayayIn alive
מִפְּנֵיmipənêFrom face
בְּנוֹתbənwōtDaughter
חֵתḥētCheth
אִםʾimLo!
לֹקֵחַlōqēḥaTake
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
מִבְּנוֹתmibənwōtFrom daughter
חֵתḥētCheth
כָּאֵלֶּהkāʾēlehLike these
מִבְּנוֹתmibənwōtFrom daughter
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?
לִּיTo
חַיִּיםḥayîmAlive
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
רִבְקָהrivəqāhRibkah
אֶלʾelNear
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
קַצְתִּיqaṣətîBe
בְחַיַּיvəḥayayIn alive
מִפְּנֵיmipənêFrom face
בְּנוֹתbənwōtDaughter
חֵתḥētCheth
אִםʾimLo!
לֹקֵחַlōqēḥaTake
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
מִבְּנוֹתmibənwōtFrom daughter
חֵתḥētCheth
כָּאֵלֶּהkāʾēlehLike these
מִבְּנוֹתmibənwōtFrom daughter
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?
לִּיTo
חַיִּיםḥayîmAlive

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