Genesis

Genesis 32:20

²⁰You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau^b with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.^c”

Footnotes

b 32:20 Or I will appease his face
c 32:20 Literally perhaps he will lift up my face

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You are also	גַּ֗ם	gam	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
to say	וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם	wa·’ă·mar·tem	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
Look	הִנֵּ֛ה	hin·nêh	Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
your servant	עַבְדְּךָ֥	‘aḇ·də·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5650 slave, servant
Jacob	יַעֲקֹ֖ב	ya·‘ă·qōḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3290 Jacob
is right behind us	אַחֲרֵ֑ינוּ	’a·ḥă·rê·nū	Preposition; first person common plural	H310 behind
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
he thought	אָמַ֞ר	’ā·mar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
I will appease	אֲכַפְּרָ֣ה	’ă·ḵap·pə·rāh	Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H3722 cover over (figurative), pacify, make propitiation
with the gift	בַּמִּנְחָה֙	bam·min·ḥāh	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4503 gift, tribute, offering
that is going	הַהֹלֶ֣כֶת	ha·hō·le·ḵeṯ	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
before me	לְפָנָ֔י	lə·p̄ā·nāy	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H6440 face, before
After	וְאַחֲרֵי־	wə·’a·ḥă·rê-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H310 behind
that	כֵן֙	ḵên	Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
I can face	אֶרְאֶ֣ה	’er·’eh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7200 see
him	פָנָ֔יו	p̄ā·nāw	Noun - common plural construct; third person masculine singular	H6440 face, before
and perhaps	אוּלַ֖י	’ū·lay	Adverb	H194 peradventure, perhaps
he will accept	יִשָּׂ֥א	yiś·śā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5375 lift, take, carry
me	פָנָֽי׃	p̄ā·nāy	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H6440 face, before

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