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Genesis 32:6 Interlinear

returned And the messengers to Jacob saying We came to thy brother Esau and also he cometh to meet thee and four hundred men

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙H7725returnedto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
2הַמַּלְאָכִ֔יםH4397And the messengersa messenger; specifically, of god, i.e., an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
3אֶֽלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
4יַעֲקֹ֖בH3290to Jacobjaakob, the israelitish patriarch
5לֵאמֹ֑רH559sayingto say (used with great latitude)
6בָּ֤אנוּH935We cameto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
7אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
8אָחִ֙יךָ֙H251to thy brothera brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
9אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
10עֵשָׂ֔וH6215Esauesav, a son of isaac, including his posterity
11וְגַם֙H1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
12הֹלֵ֣ךְH1980and also he comethto walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
13לִקְרָֽאתְךָ֔H7125to meet theean encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
14וְאַרְבַּעH702four
15מֵא֥וֹתH3967and four hundreda hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
16אִ֖ישׁH376mena man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
17עִמּֽוֹ׃H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then

Verse Context

Genesis 32:5 And I have oxen and asses flocks and menservants...
Genesis 32:6 (current)returned And the messengers to Jacob saying We came to thy brother Esau and also he cometh to meet thee and four hundred men
Genesis 32:7afraid Then Jacob was greatly and distressed and he divided...

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