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Genesis 32:21 — King James Version← Study notes

So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.


Genesis 32:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 32:2120 words
וַאֲמַרְתֶּםwaʾămarətemAnd say
גַּםgamAssemblage
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
עַבְדְּךָʿavədəḵāServant
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
אַחֲרֵינוּʾaḥărênûThe hind part
כִּיRelative conjunction
אָמַרʾāmarSay
אֲכַפְּרָהʾăḵapərāhCover
פָנָיוp̄ānāywFace
בַּמִּנְחָהbaminəḥāhIn donation
הַהֹלֶכֶתhahōleḵetThe walk
לְפָנָיləp̄ānāyTo face
וְאַחֲרֵיwəʾaḥărêAnd the hind part
כֵןḵēnSet upright
אֶרְאֶהʾerəʾehSee
פָנָיוp̄ānāywFace
אוּלַיʾûlayIf not
יִשָּׂאyiśāʾLift
פָנָיp̄ānāyFace
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַאֲמַרְתֶּםwaʾămarətemAnd say
גַּםgamAssemblage
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
עַבְדְּךָʿavədəḵāServant
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
אַחֲרֵינוּʾaḥărênûThe hind part
כִּיRelative conjunction
אָמַרʾāmarSay
אֲכַפְּרָהʾăḵapərāhCover
פָנָיוp̄ānāywFace
בַּמִּנְחָהbaminəḥāhIn donation
הַהֹלֶכֶתhahōleḵetThe walk
לְפָנָיləp̄ānāyTo face
וְאַחֲרֵיwəʾaḥărêAnd the hind part
כֵןḵēnSet upright
אֶרְאֶהʾerəʾehSee
פָנָיוp̄ānāywFace
אוּלַיʾûlayIf not
יִשָּׂאyiśāʾLift
פָנָיp̄ānāyFace

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