Genesis 32:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.”

Genesis 32:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 32:517 words

וַיְצַוwayəṣawAnd constitute

אֹתָםʾōtām—

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

כֹּהkōhLike this

תֹאמְרוּןtōʾmərûnSay

לַאדֹנִיlaʾdōnîTo sovereign

לְעֵשָׂוləʿēśāwTo Esav

כֹּהkōhLike this

אָמַרʾāmarSay

עַבְדְּךָʿavədəḵāServant

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

עִםʿimWith

לָבָןlāvānLaban

גַּרְתִּיgarətîTurn

וָאֵחַרwāʾēḥarAnd loiter

עַדʿadAs far

עָתָּהʿātāhAt this time

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְצַוwayəṣawAnd constitute

אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

כֹּהkōhLike this

תֹאמְרוּןtōʾmərûnSay

לַאדֹנִיlaʾdōnîTo sovereign

לְעֵשָׂוləʿēśāwTo Esav

כֹּהkōhLike this

אָמַרʾāmarSay

עַבְדְּךָʿavədəḵāServant

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

עִםʿimWith

לָבָןlāvānLaban

גַּרְתִּיgarətîTurn

וָאֵחַרwāʾēḥarAnd loiter

עַדʿadAs far

עָתָּהʿātāhAt this time

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