Genesis 36:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;”

Genesis 36:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 36:218 words

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

לָקַחlāqaḥTake

אֶתʾet—

נָשָׁיוnāšāywWoman

מִבְּנוֹתmibənwōtFrom daughter

כְּנָעַןkənāʿanKenaan

אֶתʾet—

עָדָהʿādāhAdah

בַּתbatDaughter

אֵילוֹןʾêlwōnElon

הַחִתִּיhaḥitîThe Chittite

וְאֶתwəʾet—

אָהֳלִיבָמָהʾāhŏlîvāmāhOholibamah

בַּתbatDaughter

עֲנָהʿănāhAnah

בַּתbatDaughter

צִבְעוֹןṣivəʿwōnTsibon

הַחִוִּיhaḥiûyThe Chivvite

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

Word-by-word meanings

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

לָקַחlāqaḥTake

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

נָשָׁיוnāšāywWoman

מִבְּנוֹתmibənwōtFrom daughter

כְּנָעַןkənāʿanKenaan

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

עָדָהʿādāhAdah

בַּתbatDaughter

אֵילוֹןʾêlwōnElon

הַחִתִּיhaḥitîThe Chittite

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אָהֳלִיבָמָהʾāhŏlîvāmāhOholibamah

בַּתbatDaughter

עֲנָהʿănāhAnah

בַּתbatDaughter

צִבְעוֹןṣivəʿwōnTsibon

הַחִוִּיhaḥiûyThe Chivvite

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