Genesis
Genesis 27:2–4
2“Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death. 3Take your weapons — your quiver and bow — and go out into the field to hunt some game for me. 4Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”
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.
Genesis 27:2
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Look | הִנֵּה־ | hin·nêh- | Interjection | H2009 lo! behold! |
| said | וַיֹּ֕אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| I am now | נָ֖א | nā | Interjection | H4994 I (we) pray, now |
| old | זָקַ֑נְתִּי | zā·qan·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H2204 be or become old |
| and I do not | לֹ֥א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| know | יָדַ֖עְתִּי | yā·ḏa‘·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H3045 know |
| the day | י֥וֹם | yō·wm | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3117 day |
| of my death | מוֹתִֽי׃ | mō·w·ṯî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H4194 death |
Genesis 27:3
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Take | שָׂא־ | śā- | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| your weapons | כֵלֶ֔יךָ | ḵê·le·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H3627 article, utensil, vessel |
| your quiver | תֶּלְיְךָ֖ | tel·yə·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H8522 quiver |
| and bow | וְקַשְׁתֶּ֑ךָ | wə·qaš·te·ḵā | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H7198 bow |
| and go out | וְצֵא֙ | wə·ṣê | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H3318 go or come out |
| into the field | הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה | haś·śā·ḏeh | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7704 id. |
| to hunt | וְצ֥וּדָה | wə·ṣū·ḏāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular | H6679 hunt |
| some game | צֵידָה׃ | ṣē·ḏå̄h | Noun - masculine singular | H6718 hunting, game |
| for me | לִּ֖י | lî | Preposition; first person common singular |
Genesis 27:4
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then prepare | וַעֲשֵׂה־ | wa·‘ă·śêh- | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| a tasty dish | מַטְעַמִּ֜ים | maṭ·‘am·mîm | Noun - masculine plural | H4303 tasty or savoury food, dainties |
| that | כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | ka·’ă·šer | Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| I love | אָהַ֛בְתִּי | ’ā·haḇ·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H157 love |
| and bring | וְהָבִ֥יאָה | wə·hā·ḇî·’āh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| it to me | לִּ֖י | lî | Preposition; first person common singular | |
| to eat | וְאֹכֵ֑לָה | wə·’ō·ḵê·lāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular | H398 eat |
| so that | בַּעֲב֛וּר | ba·‘ă·ḇūr | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular | H5668 crossed, transit, account |
| I | נַפְשִׁ֖י | nap̄·šî | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| may bless | תְּבָרֶכְךָ֥ | tə·ḇā·reḵ·ḵā | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular; second person masculine singular | H1288 kneel, bless |
| you before | בְּטֶ֥רֶם | bə·ṭe·rem | Preposition-b; Adverb | H2962 not yet, ere, before that |
| I die | אָמֽוּת׃ | ’ā·mūṯ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H4191 die |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Genesis 27:2 James 4:14 · Proverbs 27:1 · Ecclesiastes 9:10 · Mark 13:35 · Genesis 48:21 · 1 Samuel 20:3 · Genesis 47:29 · Isaiah 38:1 · Isaiah 38:3
Genesis 27:3 Genesis 25:27–28 · Genesis 10:9 · 1 Corinthians 6:12
Genesis 27:4 Hebrews 11:20 · Genesis 48:9 · Genesis 27:25 · Genesis 49:28 · Luke 24:51 · Joshua 22:6 · Genesis 27:7 · Luke 2:34 · Joshua 14:13 · Genesis 24:60 · Genesis 27:31 · Deuteronomy 33:1–29
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.