Genesis

Genesis 32:17

¹⁷He instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He instructed	וַיְצַ֥ו	way·ṣaw	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6680 lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order
the one in the lead	הָרִאשׁ֖וֹן	hā·ri·šō·wn	Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H7223 former, first, chief
When	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
my brother	אָחִ֗י	’ā·ḥî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H251 brother
Esau	עֵשָׂ֣ו	‘ê·śāw	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6215 Esau
meets	יִֽפְגָּשְׁךָ֞	yip̄·gå̄·šə·ḵå̄	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular	H6298 meet, encounter
you and asks	וִשְׁאֵֽלְךָ֙	wiš·ʾē·lə·ḵå̄	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular	H7592 ask, inquire
To whom	לְמִי־	lə·mî-	Preposition-l; Interrogative	H4310 who?
do you belong	אַ֙תָּה֙	’at·tāh	Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou
where	וְאָ֣נָה	wə·’ā·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Interrogative	H575 where?
are you going	תֵלֵ֔ךְ	ṯê·lêḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
and whose	וּלְמִ֖י	ū·lə·mî	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Interrogative	H4310 who?
animals are these	אֵ֥לֶּה	’êl·leh	Pronoun - common plural	H428 these
before you	לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃	lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine singular	H6440 face, before

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