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Genesis 32:17 — King James Version← Study notes

And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?


Genesis 32:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 32:1717 words
וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give
בְּיַדbəyadIn hand
עֲבָדָיוʿăvādāywServant
עֵדֶרʿēderArrangement
עֵדֶרʿēderArrangement
לְבַדּוֹləvadwōTo separation
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
עֲבָדָיוʿăvādāywServant
עִבְרוּʿivərûCross
לְפָנַיləp̄ānayTo face
וְרֶוַחwərewaḥAnd room
תָּשִׂימוּtāśîmûPut
בֵּיןbênBetween
עֵדֶרʿēderArrangement
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
עֵדֶרʿēderArrangement
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give
בְּיַדbəyadIn hand
עֲבָדָיוʿăvādāywServant
עֵדֶרʿēderArrangement
עֵדֶרʿēderArrangement
לְבַדּוֹləvadwōTo separation
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
עֲבָדָיוʿăvādāywServant
עִבְרוּʿivərûCross
לְפָנַיləp̄ānayTo face
וְרֶוַחwərewaḥAnd room
תָּשִׂימוּtāśîmûPut
בֵּיןbênBetween
עֵדֶרʿēderArrangement
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
עֵדֶרʿēderArrangement

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