Genesis 32:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.”

Genesis 32:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 32:2021 words

וַיְצַוwayəṣawAnd constitute

גַּםgamAssemblage

אֶתʾet—

הַשֵּׁנִיhašēnîThe double

גַּםgamAssemblage

אֶתʾet—

הַשְּׁלִישִׁיhašəlîšîThe third

גַּםgamAssemblage

אֶתʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

הַהֹלְכִיםhahōləḵîmThe walk

אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part

הָעֲדָרִיםhāʿădārîmThe arrangement

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

כַּדָּבָרkadāvārLike word

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

תְּדַבְּרוּןtədabərûnArrange

אֶלʾelNear

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

בְּמֹצַאֲכֶםbəmōṣaʾăḵemIn come

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְצַוwayəṣawAnd constitute

גַּםgamAssemblage

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַשֵּׁנִיhašēnîThe double

גַּםgamAssemblage

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַשְּׁלִישִׁיhašəlîšîThe third

גַּםgamAssemblage

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

הַהֹלְכִיםhahōləḵîmThe walk

אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part

הָעֲדָרִיםhāʿădārîmThe arrangement

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

כַּדָּבָרkadāvārLike word

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

תְּדַבְּרוּןtədabərûnArrange

אֶלʾelNear

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

בְּמֹצַאֲכֶםbəmōṣaʾăḵemIn come

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

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