Hebrew Interlinear
Genesis 32:17 Interlinear
“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 |
Verse Context
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