Genesis

Genesis 25:30

30He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.f)

Footnotes

  • f 25:30 Edom means red.

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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Heעֵשָׂ֜ו‘ê·śāwNoun - proper - masculine singularH6215 Esau
saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרway·yō·merConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH559 utter, say
toאֶֽל־’el-PrepositionH413 motion to
Jacobיַעֲקֹ֗בya·‘ă·qōḇNoun - proper - masculine singularH3290 Jacob
Let me eatהַלְעִיטֵ֤נִיhal·‘î·ṭê·nîVerb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singularH3938 swallow (greedily)
some ofמִן־min-PrepositionH4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
thatהַזֶּ֔הhaz·zehArticle; Pronoun - masculine singularH2088 this, that
redהָאָדֹ֤םhā·’ā·ḏōmArticle; Adjective - masculine singularH122 red
forכִּ֥יkîConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
I amאָנֹ֑כִי’ā·nō·ḵîPronoun - first person common singularH595 I
famishedעָיֵ֖ף‘ā·yêp̄Adjective - masculine singularH5889 faint, weary
That is whyעַל־‘al-PrepositionH5921 height
he was also calledקָרָֽא־qā·rā-Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH7121 call, proclaim, read
Edomאֱדֽוֹם׃’ĕ·ḏō·wmNoun - proper - masculine singularH123 name of a condiment

Cross-references

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Genesis 36:43 · Genesis 36:1 · 2 Kings 8:20 · Numbers 20:14–21 · Exodus 15:15 · Genesis 36:9 · Deuteronomy 23:7

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