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And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. (KJV)

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וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Genesis 27:38 word 1

עֵשָׂ֜ו'e.SavEsau

Lemma: עֵשָׂו (e.sav) · Strong's: H6215G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Esau

Used 77 times. Also: Genesis 25:25, Genesis 25:26, Genesis 25:27, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 25:29, Genesis 25:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6215G; TAHOT Genesis 27:38 word 2

אֶל\־'el-to

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: to(wards)

Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Genesis 27:38 word 3

אָבִ֗יו'a.Vivfather his

Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: father

Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Genesis 27:38 word 4

הַֽבְרָכָ֨הhav.ra.Khah¿ [does] a blessing

Lemma: בְּרָכָה (be.ra.khah) · Strong's: H1293

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: blessing

Used 69 times. Also: Genesis 12:2, Genesis 27:12, Genesis 27:35, Genesis 27:36, Genesis 27:41, Genesis 28:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1293; TAHOT Genesis 27:38 word 5

אַחַ֤ת'a.Chatone

Lemma: אֶחָד (e.chad) · Strong's: H0259

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAcfsa)

Meaning: one

Used 964 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0259; TAHOT Genesis 27:38 word 6

הִֽוא\־hi'-it

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Singular (HPp3fs)

Meaning: he/she/it

Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Genesis 27:38 word 7

אָבִ֔י'a.ViO father my

Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: father

Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Genesis 27:38 word 8

בָּרֲכֵ֥נִיba.ra.Khe.nibless me

Lemma: בָּרַךְ (ba.rakh) · Strong's: H1288

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpv2ms)

Meaning: to bless

Used 330 times. Also: Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 9:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1288; TAHOT Genesis 27:38 word 9

גַם\־gam-also

Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: also

Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT Genesis 27:38 word 10

אָ֖נִי'A.nime

Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)

Meaning: I

Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Genesis 27:38 word 11

אָבִ֑י'a.ViO father my

Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: father

Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Genesis 27:38 word 12

וַיִּשָּׂ֥אvai.yi.Sa'and he lifted up

Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375N

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to lift: loud

Used 40 times. Also: Genesis 21:16, Genesis 29:11, Exodus 23:1, Numbers 14:1, Numbers 23:7, Numbers 23:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5375N; TAHOT Genesis 27:38 word 13

עֵשָׂ֛ו'e.SavEsau

Lemma: עֵשָׂו (e.sav) · Strong's: H6215G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Esau

Used 77 times. Also: Genesis 25:25, Genesis 25:26, Genesis 25:27, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 25:29, Genesis 25:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6215G; TAHOT Genesis 27:38 word 14

קֹל֖וֹko.Lovoice his

Lemma: קוֹל (qol) · Strong's: H6963A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: voice

Used 335 times. Also: Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 16:2, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6963A; TAHOT Genesis 27:38 word 15

וַיֵּֽבְךְּ\׃vai.Ye.vekand he wept

Lemma: בָּכָה (ba.khah) · Strong's: H1058

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to weep

Used 114 times. Also: Genesis 21:16, Genesis 23:2, Genesis 29:11, Genesis 33:4, Genesis 37:35, Genesis 42:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1058; TAHOT Genesis 27:38 word 16

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Esau	→	עֵשָׂו H6215G Esau
said	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
to	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
his father	→	אָב H0001G father
Do you have only one	→	אֶחָד H0259 one
. . .	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
blessing	→	בְּרָכָה H1293 blessing
my father	→	אָב H0001G father
Bless me	→	בָּרַךְ H1288 to bless
too	→	גַּם H1571 also
. . .	→	אֲנִי H0589 I
O my father	→	אָב H0001G father
Then Esau	→	עֵשָׂו H6215G Esau
wept	→	בָּכָה H1058 to weep
aloud	→	נָשָׂא H5375N to lift: loud
. . .	→	קוֹל H6963A voice

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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