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Genesis 32:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.”

Genesis 32:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 32:817 words
וַיִּירָאwayîrāʾAnd fear
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence
וַיֵּצֶרwayēṣerAnd press
לוֹlwōTo
וַיַּחַץwayaḥaṣAnd cut
אֶתʾet—
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אִתּוֹʾitwōNearness
וְאֶתwəʾet—
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock
וְאֶתwəʾet—
הַבָּקָרhabāqārThe beeve
וְהַגְּמַלִּיםwəhagəmalîmAnd the camel
לִשְׁנֵיlišənêTo two
מַחֲנוֹתmaḥănwōtEncampment
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּירָאwayîrāʾAnd fear
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence
וַיֵּצֶרwayēṣerAnd press
לוֹlwōTo
וַיַּחַץwayaḥaṣAnd cut
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אִתּוֹʾitwōNearness
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַבָּקָרhabāqārThe beeve
וְהַגְּמַלִּיםwəhagəmalîmAnd the camel
לִשְׁנֵיlišənêTo two
מַחֲנוֹתmaḥănwōtEncampment

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