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Genesis 27:9 — King James Version← Study notes

Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:


Genesis 27:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 27:917 words
לֶךְleḵəWalk
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
אֶלʾelNear
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock
וְקַחwəqaḥAnd take
לִיTo
מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there
שְׁנֵיšənêTwo
גְּדָיֵיgədāyêYoung goat
עִזִּיםʿizîmShe-goat
טֹבִיםṭōvîmGood
וְאֶעֱשֶׂהwəʾeʿĕśehAnd do
אֹתָםʾōtām
מַטְעַמִּיםmaṭəʿamîmDelicacy
לְאָבִיךָləʾāvîḵāTo father
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
אָהֵבʾāhēvHave affection
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לֶךְleḵəWalk
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
אֶלʾelNear
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock
וְקַחwəqaḥAnd take
לִיTo
מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there
שְׁנֵיšənêTwo
גְּדָיֵיgədāyêYoung goat
עִזִּיםʿizîmShe-goat
טֹבִיםṭōvîmGood
וְאֶעֱשֶׂהwəʾeʿĕśehAnd do
אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)
מַטְעַמִּיםmaṭəʿamîmDelicacy
לְאָבִיךָləʾāvîḵāTo father
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
אָהֵבʾāhēvHave affection

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