Genesis

Genesis 27:21–22

²¹Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau, or not?”

²²So Jacob came close to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then Isaac	יִצְחָק֙	yiṣ·ḥāq	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3327 Isaac
said	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to	אֶֽל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Jacob	יַעֲקֹ֔ב	ya·‘ă·qōḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3290 Jacob
Please	נָּ֥א	nā	Interjection	H4994 I (we) pray, now
come closer	גְּשָׁה־	gə·šāh-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H5066 draw near, approach
so I can touch you	וַאֲמֻֽשְׁךָ֖	wa·’ă·muš·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular; second person masculine singular	H4184 feel
my son	בְּנִ֑י	bə·nî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1121 son
Are you	הַֽאַתָּ֥ה	ha·’at·tāh	Article; Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou
really	זֶ֛ה	zeh	Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
my son	בְּנִ֥י	bə·nî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1121 son
Esau	עֵשָׂ֖ו	‘ê·śāw	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6215 Esau
or	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
not	לֹֽא׃	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So Jacob	יַעֲקֹ֛ב	ya·‘ă·qōḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3290 Jacob
came close	וַיִּגַּ֧שׁ	way·yig·gaš	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5066 draw near, approach
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
his father	אָבִ֖יו	’ā·ḇîw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1 father
Isaac	יִצְחָ֥ק	yiṣ·ḥāq	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3327 Isaac
who touched him	וַיְמֻשֵּׁ֑הוּ	way·muš·šê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H4959 feel, grope
and said	וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
The voice	הַקֹּל֙	haq·qōl	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6963 sound, voice
is the voice	ק֣וֹל	qō·wl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H6963 sound, voice
of Jacob	יַעֲקֹ֔ב	ya·‘ă·qōḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3290 Jacob
but the hands	וְהַיָּדַ֖יִם	wə·hay·yā·ḏa·yim	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - fd	H3027 hand
are the hands	יְדֵ֥י	yə·ḏê	Noun - feminine dual construct	H3027 hand
of Esau	עֵשָֽׂו׃	‘ê·śāw	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6215 Esau

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