Genesis

Genesis 27:38

³⁸Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, O my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Esau	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	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
his father	אָבִ֗יו	’ā·ḇîw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1 father
Do you have only one	אַחַ֤ת	’a·ḥaṯ	Number - feminine singular	H259 one
blessing	הַֽבְרָכָ֨ה	haḇ·rā·ḵāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H1293 blessing
my father	אָבִ֔י	’ā·ḇî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1 father
Bless me	בָּרֲכֵ֥נִי	bā·ră·ḵê·nî	Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singular	H1288 kneel, bless
too	גַם־	ḡam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
O my father	אָבִ֑י	’ā·ḇî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1 father
Then Esau	עֵשָׂ֛ו	‘ê·śāw	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6215 Esau
wept	וַיֵּֽבְךְּ׃	way·yê·ḇək	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1058 weep, bewail
aloud	וַיִּשָּׂ֥א	way·yiś·śā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5375 lift, take, carry

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.