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Genesis 46:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.


Genesis 46:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 46:210 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
לְיִשְׂרָאֵלləyiśərāʾēlTo he will rule as God
בְּמַרְאֹתbəmarəʾōtIn vision
הַלַּיְלָהhalayəlāhThe twist
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הִנֵּנִיhinēnîLo!
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
לְיִשְׂרָאֵלləyiśərāʾēlTo he will rule as God
בְּמַרְאֹתbəmarəʾōtIn vision
הַלַּיְלָהhalayəlāhThe twist
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הִנֵּנִיhinēnîLo!

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