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Genesis 27:1 Interlinear

And it came to pass was old that when Isaac were dim and his eyes so that he could not see he called Esau son his eldest and he said son and he said

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַֽיְהִי֙H1961And it came to passto exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2כִּֽיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
3זָקֵ֣ןH2204was oldto be old
4יִצְחָ֔קH3327that when Isaacjitschak (or isaac), son of abraham
5וַתִּכְהֶ֥יןָH3543were dimto be weak, i.e., (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke), or (of light, the eye) to grow dull
6עֵינָ֖יוH5869and his eyesan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
7מֵֽרְאֹ֑תH7200so that he could not seeto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
8וַיִּקְרָ֞אH7121he calledto call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
9אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
10עֵשָׂ֣ו׀H6215Esauesav, a son of isaac, including his posterity
11בְּנִ֔יH1121sona son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
12הַגָּדֹ֗לH1419his eldestgreat (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
13וַיֹּ֥אמֶרH559and he saidto say (used with great latitude)
14אֵלָיו֙H413near, with or among; often in general, to
15בְּנִ֔יH1121sona son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
16וַיֹּ֥אמֶרH559and he saidto say (used with great latitude)
17אֵלָ֖יוH413near, with or among; often in general, to
18הִנֵּֽנִי׃H2009lo!

Verse Context

Genesis 27:1 (current)And it came to pass was old that when Isaac were dim and his eyes so that he could not see he called Esau son his eldest and he said son and he said
Genesis 27:2And he said Behold now I am old I know...

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