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Genesis 32:9 — King James Version← Study notes

And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:


Genesis 32:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 32:912 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אִםʾimLo!
יָבוֹאyāvwōʾGo
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
אֶלʾelNear
הַמַּחֲנֶהhamaḥănehThe encampment
הָאַחַתhāʾaḥatThe united
וְהִכָּהוּwəhikāhûAnd strike
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
הַמַּחֲנֶהhamaḥănehThe encampment
הַנִּשְׁאָרhanišəʾārThe swell
לִפְלֵיטָהlip̄əlêṭāhTo deliverance
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אִםʾimLo!
יָבוֹאyāvwōʾGo
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
אֶלʾelNear
הַמַּחֲנֶהhamaḥănehThe encampment
הָאַחַתhāʾaḥatThe united
וְהִכָּהוּwəhikāhûAnd strike
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
הַמַּחֲנֶהhamaḥănehThe encampment
הַנִּשְׁאָרhanišəʾārThe swell
לִפְלֵיטָהlip̄əlêṭāhTo deliverance

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