Genesis 28:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan–aram;”

Genesis 28:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 28:79 words

וַיִּשְׁמַעwayišəmaʿAnd hear

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

אֶלʾelNear

אָבִיוʾāvîwFather

וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near

אִמּוֹʾimwōMother

וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk

פַּדֶּנָהpadenāh—

אֲרָםʾărāmPaddan

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשְׁמַעwayišəmaʿAnd hear

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

אֶלʾelNear

אָבִיוʾāvîwFather

וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near

אִמּוֹʾimwōMother

וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk

פַּדֶּנָהpadenāhdirect object marker (no translation)

אֲרָםʾărāmPaddan

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