Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 33:1 Interlinear

lifted up And Jacob his eyes and looked and behold Esau came and with him four hundred men And he divided the children unto Leah and unto Rachel and unto the two handmaids

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּשָּׂ֨אH5375lifted upto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
2יַֽעֲקֹ֜בH3290And Jacobjaakob, the israelitish patriarch
3עֵינָ֗יוH5869his eyesan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
4וַיַּרְא֙H7200and lookedto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
5וְהִנֵּ֣הH2009lo!
6עֵשָׂ֣וH6215and behold Esauesav, a son of isaac, including his posterity
7בָּ֔אH935cameto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
8וְעִמּ֕וֹH5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
9אַרְבַּ֥עH702and with him fourfour
10מֵא֖וֹתH3967hundreda hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
11אִ֑ישׁH376mena 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)
12וַיַּ֣חַץH2673And he dividedto cut or split in two; to halve
13אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
14הַיְלָדִ֗יםH3206the childrensomething born, i.e., a lad or offspring
15עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
16לֵאָה֙H3812unto Leahleah, a wife of jacob
17וְעַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
18רָחֵ֔לH7354and unto Rachelrachel, a wife of jacob
19וְעַ֖לH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
20שְׁתֵּ֥יH8147and unto the twotwo; also (as ordinal) twofold
21הַשְּׁפָחֽוֹת׃H8198handmaidsa female slave (as a member of the household)

Verse Context

Genesis 33:1 (current)lifted up And Jacob his eyes and looked and behold Esau came and with him four hundred men And he divided the children unto Leah and unto Rachel and unto the two handmaids
Genesis 33:2And he put the handmaids and her children foremost...

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