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.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| He | עֵשָׂ֜ו | ‘ê·śāw | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H6215 Esau |
| said | וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| to | אֶֽל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| Jacob | יַעֲקֹ֗ב | ya·‘ă·qōḇ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3290 Jacob |
| Let me eat | הַלְעִיטֵ֤נִי | hal·‘î·ṭê·nî | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singular | H3938 swallow (greedily) |
| some of | מִן־ | min- | Preposition | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| that | הַזֶּ֔ה | haz·zeh | Article; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| red | הָאָדֹ֤ם | hā·’ā·ḏōm | Article; Adjective - masculine singular | H122 red |
| for | כִּ֥י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| I am | אָנֹ֑כִי | ’ā·nō·ḵî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H595 I |
| famished | עָיֵ֖ף | ‘ā·yêp̄ | Adjective - masculine singular | H5889 faint, weary |
| That is why | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| he was also called | קָרָֽא־ | qā·rā- | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H7121 call, proclaim, read |
| Edom | אֱדֽוֹם׃ | ’ĕ·ḏō·wm | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H123 name of a condiment |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
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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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.