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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 33:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 33:49 words
וַיָּרָץwayārāṣAnd run
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
לִקְרָאתוֹliqərāʾtwōTo encountering
וַיְחַבְּקֵהוּwayəḥabəqēhûAnd clasp
וַיִּפֹּלwayipōlAnd fall
עַלʿalAbove
צַוָּארָוṣaûʾrāwNeck
וַׄיִּׄשָּׁׄקֵׄהׄוּׄwayišāqēhûAnd kiss
וַיִּבְכּוּwayivəkûAnd weep
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּרָץwayārāṣAnd run
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
לִקְרָאתוֹliqərāʾtwōTo encountering
וַיְחַבְּקֵהוּwayəḥabəqēhûAnd clasp
וַיִּפֹּלwayipōlAnd fall
עַלʿalAbove
צַוָּארָוṣaûʾrāwNeck
וַׄיִּׄשָּׁׄקֵׄהׄוּׄwayišāqēhûAnd kiss
וַיִּבְכּוּwayivəkûAnd weep

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