Genesis 32:6 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.”
Genesis 32:6 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 32:613 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
לִיlîTo
שׁוֹרšwōrBullock
וַחֲמוֹרwaḥămwōrAnd ass
צֹאןṣōʾnFlock
וְעֶבֶדwəʿevedAnd servant
וְשִׁפְחָהwəšip̄əḥāhAnd female slave
וָאֶשְׁלְחָהwāʾešələḥāhAnd send
לְהַגִּידləhagîdTo front
לַאדֹנִיlaʾdōnîTo sovereign
לִמְצֹאliməṣōʾTo come
חֵןḥēnGraciousness
בְּעֵינֶיךָbəʿêneyḵāIn eye
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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