Verse 18

{ "verseID": "Genesis.32.18", "source": "וַיְצַ֥ו אֶת־הָרִאשׁ֖וֹן לֵאמֹ֑ר כִּ֣י יִֽפְגָּשְׁךָ֞ עֵשָׂ֣ו אָחִ֗י וִשְׁאֵֽלְךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לְמִי־אַ֙תָּה֙ וְאָ֣נָה תֵלֵ֔ךְ וּלְמִ֖י אֵ֥לֶּה לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃", "text": "*wə-yəṣaw ʾet*-the-first *lēmōr kî yipgāšəkā ʿēśāw* brother-my and-*šəʾēləkā lēmōr* to-whom-you and-where *tēlēk* and-to-whom these before-you.", "grammar": { "*wə-yəṣaw*": "waw consecutive + Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he commanded", "*lēmōr*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying", "*kî*": "conjunction - when, if", "*yipgāšəkā*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - he meets you", "*šəʾēləkā*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - he asks you", "*tēlēk*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you are going" }, "variants": { "*yəṣaw*": "to command, to order, to charge", "*lēmōr*": "saying, to say", "*yipgāšəkā*": "he meets you, he encounters you", "*šəʾēləkā*": "he asks you, he inquires of you", "*tēlēk*": "you go, you walk, you travel" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 32:4-5 : 4 { "verseID": "Genesis.32.4", "source": "וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח יַעֲקֹ֤ב מַלְאָכִים֙ לְפָנָ֔יו אֶל־עֵשָׂ֖ו אָחִ֑יו אַ֥רְצָה שֵׂעִ֖יר שְׂדֵ֥ה אֱדֽוֹם׃", "text": "*wə-yišlaḥ yaʿăqōb malʾākîm* before-him to-*ʿēśāw* brother-his, land-of *śēʿîr śədēh ʾĕdôm*.", "grammar": { "*wə-yišlaḥ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he sent", "*malʾākîm*": "masculine plural noun - messengers/angels", "*ʿēśāw*": "proper noun - Esau", "*śēʿîr*": "proper noun - Seir", "*śədēh*": "masculine singular construct - field of", "*ʾĕdôm*": "proper noun - Edom" }, "variants": { "*yišlaḥ*": "to send, to stretch out, to let go", "*malʾākîm*": "messengers, angels, ambassadors", "*śēʿîr*": "Seir (place name), hairy", "*śədēh*": "field, country, territory", "*ʾĕdôm*": "Edom (place/people name), red" } } 5 { "verseID": "Genesis.32.5", "source": "וַיְצַ֤ו אֹתָם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר כֹּ֣ה תֹאמְר֔וּן לַֽאדֹנִ֖י לְעֵשָׂ֑ו כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ עַבְדְּךָ֣ יַעֲקֹ֔ב עִם־לָבָ֣ן גַּ֔רְתִּי וָאֵחַ֖ר עַד־עָֽתָּה׃", "text": "*wə-yəṣaw ʾōtām lēmōr kōh tōʾmərûn* to-lord-my to-*ʿēśāw kōh ʾāmar* servant-your *yaʿăqōb* with-Laban *gartî wā-ʾēḥar* until-now.", "grammar": { "*wə-yəṣaw*": "waw consecutive + Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he commanded", "*ʾōtām*": "direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural suffix - them", "*lēmōr*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying", "*kōh*": "adverb - thus, so", "*tōʾmərûn*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall say", "*ʾāmar*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he said", "*gartî*": "Qal perfect, 1st common singular - I have sojourned", "*wā-ʾēḥar*": "waw consecutive + Piel imperfect, 1st common singular - and I have delayed/tarried" }, "variants": { "*yəṣaw*": "to command, to order, to charge", "*lēmōr*": "saying, to say", "*tōʾmərûn*": "to say, to speak, to tell", "*ʾāmar*": "to say, to declare, to command", "*gartî*": "to sojourn, to dwell as an alien, to live as a foreigner", "*ʾēḥar*": "to delay, to tarry, to remain behind" } }