Genesis 33:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.”

Genesis 33:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 33:49 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יָּ֨רָץwayārāṣ

and he ranconjH7323

divide speedily · footman · guard · bring hastily ···

עֵשָׂ֤וʿēśāw

EsaunounH6215

לִ/קְרָאת/וֹ֙liqərāʾtwō

helppronH7125

against · meet · seek · to ···

וַֽ/יְחַבְּקֵ֔/הוּwayəḥabəqēhw

and he embraced himconjH2263

fold

וַ/יִּפֹּ֥לwayipōl

and he fellconjH5307

cast (down · self · out) · cease ···

עַלʿal

onpronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

צַוָּארָ֖/וṣawāʾrāw

necknounH6677

וַׄ/יִּׄשָּׁׄקֵ֑ׄ/הׄוּׄwayišāqēhw

and he kissed himconjH5401

rule · kiss · that touched

וַ/יִּבְכּֽוּwayibəkw

and they weptconjH1058

at all · complain · make lamentation · more ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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David OseiNote2mo ago

Esau Ran and Embraced Him

Jacob is terrified of meeting Esau, whom he wronged twenty years earlier by stealing his blessing. He's prepared gifts, divided his family strategically. And then Esau runs to him and embraces him. T...