Genesis 27:3

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Now then, please take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּה֙ שָׂא־נָ֣א כֵלֶ֔יךָ תֶּלְיְךָ֖ וְקַשְׁתֶּ֑ךָ וְצֵא֙ הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה וְצ֥וּדָה לִּ֖י צָֽיִד׃

Transliteration

And wĕʿattāh śāʾ-nāʾ your kēleykā, your telyĕkā and your qaštekkā, and wĕṣēʾ the haśśādeh, and wĕṣûdāh for me ṣāyid.

Grammar Details

• *wĕʿattāh*: waw conjunction + adverb - and now
• *śāʾ*: qal imperative, masculine singular - take/carry/lift
• *nāʾ*: particle of entreaty - please/now
• *kēleykā*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your weapons/tools/implements
• *telyĕkā*: noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your quiver
• *qaštekkā*: noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your bow
• *wĕṣēʾ*: waw conjunction + qal imperative, masculine singular - and go out
• *haśśādeh*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the field
• *wĕṣûdāh*: waw conjunction + qal imperative, masculine singular - and hunt
• *ṣāyid*: noun, masculine singular - game/venison/prey

Word Meanings

• *kēleykā*: your weapons/your hunting equipment/your implements
• *telyĕkā*: your quiver/your pouch
• *wĕṣēʾ*: go out/go forth/depart
• *haśśādeh*: the field/the open country/the countryside
• *wĕṣûdāh*: hunt/catch/trap
• *ṣāyid*: game/venison/prey/hunting

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Now therefore take, I ask you, your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and get me some venison;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Now therfore take thi weapes thy quiver and thi bowe and gett the to the feldes and take me some venyso

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Now therfore take thy geer, thy quyuer and thy bowe, and get the forth to the felde, and take me some venyson,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Wherefore nowe, I pray thee take thine instrumentes, thy quiuer and thy bowe, and get thee to the fielde, that thou mayest take mee some venison.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Nowe therefore take I pray thee thy weapons, thy quyuer and thy bowe, and get thee to the fielde, that thou mayest take me some venison.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me [some] venison;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and now, take up, I pray thee, thy instruments, thy quiver, and thy bow, and go out to the field, and hunt for me provision,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So take your arrows and your bow and go out to the field and get meat for me;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Therefore, take your weapons– your quiver and your bow– and go out into the open fields and hunt down some wild game for me.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 25:27-28 : 27 The boys grew up, and Esau became a skilled hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed among the tents. 28 Isaac loved Esau because he enjoyed the game Esau brought, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
• 1 Cor 6:12 : 12 All things are lawful for me, but not all things are beneficial. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.
• Gen 10:9 : 9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD. Therefore, it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD."