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Genesis 32:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.


Genesis 32:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 32:1216 words
הַצִּילֵנִיhaṣîlēnîSnatch
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
מִיַּדmîdFrom hand
אָחִיʾāḥîBrother
מִיַּדmîdFrom hand
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
כִּיRelative conjunction
יָרֵאyārēʾFearing
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
אֹתוֹʾōtwō
פֶּןpenRemoval
יָבוֹאyāvwōʾGo
וְהִכַּנִיwəhikanîAnd strike
אֵםʾēmMother
עַלʿalAbove
בָּנִיםbānîmSon
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

הַצִּילֵנִיhaṣîlēnîSnatch
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
מִיַּדmîdFrom hand
אָחִיʾāḥîBrother
מִיַּדmîdFrom hand
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
כִּיRelative conjunction
יָרֵאyārēʾFearing
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)
פֶּןpenRemoval
יָבוֹאyāvwōʾGo
וְהִכַּנִיwəhikanîAnd strike
אֵםʾēmMother
עַלʿalAbove
בָּנִיםbānîmSon

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