Genesis 32:7 — King James Version← Study notes
“Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;”
Genesis 32:7 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 32:717 words
וַיָּשֻׁבוּwayāšuvûAnd turn
הַמַּלְאָכִיםhamaləʾāḵîmThe messenger
אֶלʾelNear
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
בָּאנוּbāʾnûGo
אֶלʾelNear
אָחִיךָʾāḥîḵāBrother
אֶלʾelNear
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
וְגַםwəgamAnd assemblage
הֹלֵךְhōlēḵəWalk
לִקְרָאתְךָliqərāʾtəḵāTo encountering
וְאַרְבַּעwəʾarəbaʿAnd four
מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred
אִישׁʾîšMan
עִמּוֹʿimwōWith
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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