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Genesis 32:27 — King James Version← Study notes

And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.


Genesis 32:27Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 32:2711 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
שַׁלְּחֵנִיšaləḥēnîSend
כִּיRelative conjunction
עָלָהʿālāhAscend
הַשָּׁחַרhašāḥarThe dawn
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לֹאlōʾNot
אֲשַׁלֵּחֲךָʾăšalēḥăḵāSend
כִּיRelative conjunction
אִםʾimLo!
בֵּרַכְתָּנִיbēraḵətānîKneel
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
שַׁלְּחֵנִיšaləḥēnîSend
כִּיRelative conjunction
עָלָהʿālāhAscend
הַשָּׁחַרhašāḥarThe dawn
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לֹאlōʾNot
אֲשַׁלֵּחֲךָʾăšalēḥăḵāSend
כִּיRelative conjunction
אִםʾimLo!
בֵּרַכְתָּנִיbēraḵətānîKneel

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