Genesis 36:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.”

Genesis 36:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 36:630 words

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

אֶתʾet—

נָשָׁיוnāšāywWoman

וְאֶתwəʾet—

בָּנָיוbānāywSon

וְאֶתwəʾet—

בְּנֹתָיוbənōtāywDaughter

וְאֶתwəʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

נַפְשׁוֹתnap̄əšwōtBreathing creature

בֵּיתוֹbêtwōA house

וְאֶתwəʾet—

מִקְנֵהוּmiqənēhûBought

וְאֶתwəʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

בְּהֶמְתּוֹbəhemətwōDumb

וְאֵתwəʾēt—

כָּלkālWhole

קִנְיָנוֹqinəyānwōCreation

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

רָכַשׁrāḵašLay up

בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth

כְּנָעַןkənāʿanKenaan

וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk

אֶלʾelNear

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

מִפְּנֵיmipənêFrom face

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

נָשָׁיוnāšāywWoman