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Genesis 28:9 — King James Version← Study notes

Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.


Genesis 28:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 28:917 words
וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
אֶלʾelNear
יִשְׁמָעֵאלyišəmāʿēʾlJishmael
וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
אֶתʾet
מָחֲלַתmāḥălatMachalath
בַּתbatDaughter
יִשְׁמָעֵאלyišəmāʿēʾlJishmael
בֶּןbenSon
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אֲחוֹתʾăḥwōtSister
נְבָיוֹתnəvāywōtNebajoth
עַלʿalAbove
נָשָׁיוnāšāywWoman
לוֹlwōTo
לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
אֶלʾelNear
יִשְׁמָעֵאלyišəmāʿēʾlJishmael
וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
מָחֲלַתmāḥălatMachalath
בַּתbatDaughter
יִשְׁמָעֵאלyišəmāʿēʾlJishmael
בֶּןbenSon
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אֲחוֹתʾăḥwōtSister
נְבָיוֹתnəvāywōtNebajoth
עַלʿalAbove
נָשָׁיוnāšāywWoman
לוֹlwōTo
לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman

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