Genesis 33:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.”

Genesis 33:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 33:121 words

וַיִּשָּׂאwayiśāʾAnd lift

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

עֵינָיוʿênāywEye

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

בָּאbāʾGo

וְעִמּוֹwəʿimwōAnd with

אַרְבַּעʾarəbaʿFour

מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred

אִישׁʾîšMan

וַיַּחַץwayaḥaṣAnd cut

אֶתʾet—

הַיְלָדִיםhayəlādîmThe something born

עַלʿalAbove

לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah

וְעַלwəʿalAnd above

רָחֵלrāḥēlRachel

וְעַלwəʿalAnd above

שְׁתֵּיšətêTwo

הַשְּׁפָחוֹתhašəp̄āḥwōtThe female slave

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשָּׂאwayiśāʾAnd lift

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

עֵינָיוʿênāywEye

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

בָּאbāʾGo

וְעִמּוֹwəʿimwōAnd with

אַרְבַּעʾarəbaʿFour

מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred

אִישׁʾîšMan

וַיַּחַץwayaḥaṣAnd cut

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַיְלָדִיםhayəlādîmThe something born

עַלʿalAbove

לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah

וְעַלwəʿalAnd above

רָחֵלrāḥēlRachel

וְעַלwəʿalAnd above

שְׁתֵּיšətêTwo

הַשְּׁפָחוֹתhašəp̄āḥwōtThe female slave

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