Genesis 32:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.”

Genesis 32:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 32:1817 words

וַיְצַוwayəṣawAnd constitute

אֶתʾet—

הָרִאשׁוֹןhāriʾšwōnThe first

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יִפְגָּשְׁךָyip̄əgāšəḵāCome in contact with

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

אָחִיʾāḥîBrother

וִשְׁאֵלְךָwišəʾēləḵāAnd inquire

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

לְמִיləmîTo who?

אַתָּהʾatāhThou

וְאָנָהwəʾānāhAnd where?

תֵלֵךְtēlēḵəWalk

וּלְמִיûləmîAnd to who?

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

לְפָנֶיךָləp̄āneyḵāTo face

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְצַוwayəṣawAnd constitute

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָרִאשׁוֹןhāriʾšwōnThe first

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יִפְגָּשְׁךָyip̄əgāšəḵāCome in contact with

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

אָחִיʾāḥîBrother

וִשְׁאֵלְךָwišəʾēləḵāAnd inquire

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

לְמִיləmîTo who?

אַתָּהʾatāhThou

וְאָנָהwəʾānāhAnd where?

תֵלֵךְtēlēḵəWalk

וּלְמִיûləmîAnd to who?

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

לְפָנֶיךָləp̄āneyḵāTo face

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