Genesis 33:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.”

Genesis 33:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 33:519 words

וַיִּשָּׂאwayiśāʾAnd lift

אֶתʾet—

עֵינָיוʿênāywEye

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

אֶתʾet—

הַנָּשִׁיםhanāšîmThe woman

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הַיְלָדִיםhayəlādîmThe something born

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

מִיmîWho?

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

לָּךְlāḵəTo

וַיֹּאמַרwayōʾmarAnd say

הַיְלָדִיםhayəlādîmThe something born

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

חָנַןḥānanBend

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אֶתʾet—

עַבְדֶּךָʿavədeḵāServant

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשָּׂאwayiśāʾAnd lift

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

עֵינָיוʿênāywEye

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַנָּשִׁיםhanāšîmThe woman

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַיְלָדִיםhayəlādîmThe something born

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

מִיmîWho?

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

לָּךְlāḵəTo

וַיֹּאמַרwayōʾmarAnd say

הַיְלָדִיםhayəlādîmThe something born

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

חָנַןḥānanBend

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

עַבְדֶּךָʿavədeḵāServant

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