Genesis 26:34

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֤י עֵשָׂו֙ בֶּן־אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וַיִּקַּ֤ח אִשָּׁה֙ אֶת־יְהוּדִ֔ית בַּת־בְּאֵרִ֖י הַֽחִתִּ֑י וְאֶת־בָּ֣שְׂמַ֔ת בַּת־אֵילֹ֖ן הֽ͏ַחִתִּֽי׃

Transliteration

and-wayəhî ʿēśāw son-of-forty šānâ and-wayyiqqaḥ ʾiššâ ʾet-yəhûdît daughter-of-bəʾērî ha-ḥittî and-ʾet-bāśəmat daughter-of-ʾêlōn ha-ḥittî

Grammar Details

*wayəhî*: 3rd masculine singular Qal imperfect waw-consecutive of היה - and it was
*ʿēśāw*: proper noun - Esau
*šānâ*: feminine singular noun - year
*wayyiqqaḥ*: 3rd masculine singular Qal imperfect waw-consecutive of לקח - and he took
*ʾiššâ*: feminine singular noun - wife/woman
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*yəhûdît*: proper noun - Judith
*bəʾērî*: proper noun - Beeri
*ha-ḥittî*: definite article + gentilic adjective - the Hittite
*bāśəmat*: proper noun - Basemath
*ʾêlōn*: proper noun - Elon

Word Meanings

*wayəhî*: and it was/and it came to pass
*wayyiqqaḥ* *ʾiššâ*: and he took a wife/and he married
*ha-ḥittî*: the Hittite/of Hittite nationality

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 36:2 : 2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,
Gen 36:5 : 5 and Oholibamah bare Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, that were born unto him in the land of Canaan.
Gen 36:13 : 13 And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife.
Exod 34:16 : 16 and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters play the harlot after their gods, and make thy sons play the harlot after their gods.
1 Cor 7:2 : 2 But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
Heb 12:16 : 16 lest [there] [be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.
Gen 24:3 : 3 and I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
Gen 28:9 : 9 and Esau went unto Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.

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