Hebrew Interlinear
Genesis 32:17 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Genesis 32:17, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“And he commanded the foremost saying meeteth thee When Esau my brother and asketh thee saying thou and whose are these before”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיְצַ֥ו | H6680 | And he commanded | (intensively) to constitute, enjoin |
| 2 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 3 | הָֽרִאשׁ֖וֹן | H7223 | the foremost | first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun) |
| 4 | לֵאמֹ֔ר | H559 | saying | to say (used with great latitude) |
| 5 | כִּ֣י | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 6 | יִֽפְגָּשְׁךָ֞ | H6298 | meeteth thee | to come in contact with, whether by accident or violence; figuratively, to concur |
| 7 | עֵשָׂ֣ו | H6215 | When Esau | esav, a son of isaac, including his posterity |
| 8 | אָחִ֗י | H251 | my brother | a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001]) |
| 9 | וּשְׁאֵֽלְךָ֙ | H7592 | and asketh thee | to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand |
| 10 | לֵאמֹ֔ר | H559 | saying | to say (used with great latitude) |
| 11 | לְמִי | H4310 | who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix | |
| 12 | אַ֙תָּה֙ | H859 | thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you | |
| 13 | וְאָ֣נָה | H575 | where?; hence, whither?, when?; also hither and thither | |
| 14 | תֵלֵ֔ךְ | H1980 | to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | |
| 15 | וּלְמִ֖י | H4310 | who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix | |
| 16 | אֵ֥לֶּה | H428 | these or those | |
| 17 | לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃ | H6440 | thou and whose are these before | the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi |
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