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And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord. (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.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 33:15 word 1
עֵשָׂ֔ו'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 33:15 word 2
אַצִּֽיגָה\־'a.tzi.gah-let me place
Lemma: יָצַג (ya.tsag) · Strong's: H3322
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhc1cs)
Meaning: to set
Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 30:38, Genesis 43:9, Genesis 47:2, Exodus 10:24, Deuteronomy 28:56, Judges 6:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3322; TAHOT Genesis 33:15 word 3
נָּ֣אna'please
Lemma: נָא (na) · Strong's: H4994
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: please
Used 404 times. Also: Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 15:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4994; TAHOT Genesis 33:15 word 4
עִמְּךָ֔'i.me.Khawith you
Lemma: עִם (im) · Strong's: H5973A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: with
Used 980 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5973A; TAHOT Genesis 33:15 word 5
מִן\־min-some of
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Genesis 33:15 word 6
הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe people
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Genesis 33:15 word 7
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherwhich
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Genesis 33:15 word 8
אִתִּ֑י'i.Ti[is] with me
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0854
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: with
Used 928 times. Also: Genesis 4:1, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 6:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0854; TAHOT Genesis 33:15 word 9
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.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 33:15 word 10
לָ֣מָּהLa.mah<to> why?
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: what?
Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Genesis 33:15 word 11
זֶּ֔הZehthis
Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT Genesis 33:15 word 12
אֶמְצָא\־'em.tza'-let me find
Lemma: מָצָא (ma.tsa) · Strong's: H4672
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: to find
Used 453 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 11:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4672; TAHOT Genesis 33:15 word 13
חֵ֖ןchenfavor
Lemma: חֵן (chen) · Strong's: H2580
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: favor
Used 69 times. Also: Genesis 6:8, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 30:27, Genesis 32:5, Genesis 33:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2580; TAHOT Genesis 33:15 word 14
בְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes of
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: eye: seeing
Used 208 times. Also: Genesis 16:4, Genesis 16:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 23:11, Genesis 30:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869H; TAHOT Genesis 33:15 word 15
אֲדֹנִֽי\׃'a.do.Nilord my
Lemma: אָדוֹן (a.don) · Strong's: H0113
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: lord
Used 332 times. Also: Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:12, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 23:6, Genesis 23:11, Genesis 23:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0113; TAHOT Genesis 33:15 word 16
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Let me leave | → | יָצַג H3322 to set |
| . . . | → | נָא H4994 please |
| some of | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
| my | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| . . . | → | אֵת H0854 with |
| people | → | עַם H5971A people |
| with you | → | עִם H5973A with |
| Esau | → | עֵשָׂו H6215G Esau |
| said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| But [Jacob] replied | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| Why | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| do that | → | זֶה H2088 this |
| Let me find | → | מָצָא H4672 to find |
| favor | → | חֵן H2580 favor |
| in the sight | → | עַ֫יִן H5869H eye: seeing |
| of my lord | → | אָדוֹן H0113 lord |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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