Genesis 36:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.”

Genesis 36:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 36:1215 words

וְתִמְנַעwətimənaʿAnd Timna

הָיְתָהhāyətāhExist

פִילֶגֶשׁp̄îlegešConcubine

לֶאֱלִיפַזleʾĕlîp̄azTo Eliphaz

בֶּןbenSon

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young

לֶאֱלִיפַזleʾĕlîp̄azTo Eliphaz

אֶתʾet—

עֲמָלֵקʿămālēqAmalek

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

בְּנֵיbənêSon

עָדָהʿādāhAdah

אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְתִמְנַעwətimənaʿAnd Timna

הָיְתָהhāyətāhExist

פִילֶגֶשׁp̄îlegešConcubine

לֶאֱלִיפַזleʾĕlîp̄azTo Eliphaz

בֶּןbenSon

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young

לֶאֱלִיפַזleʾĕlîp̄azTo Eliphaz

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

עֲמָלֵקʿămālēqAmalek

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

בְּנֵיbənêSon

עָדָהʿādāhAdah

אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

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