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Genesis 33:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.


Genesis 33:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 33:813 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מִיWho?
לְךָləḵāTo
כָּלkālWhole
הַמַּחֲנֶהhamaḥănehThe encampment
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
פָּגָשְׁתִּיpāgāšətîCome in contact with
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לִמְצֹאliməṣōʾTo come
חֵןḥēnGraciousness
בְּעֵינֵיbəʿênêIn eye
אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מִיWho?
לְךָləḵāTo
כָּלkālWhole
הַמַּחֲנֶהhamaḥănehThe encampment
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
פָּגָשְׁתִּיpāgāšətîCome in contact with
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לִמְצֹאliməṣōʾTo come
חֵןḥēnGraciousness
בְּעֵינֵיbəʿênêIn eye
אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign

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