Genesis 26:34

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath 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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King James 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 Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
Gen 36:5 : 5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which 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 Bashemath Esau's wife.
Exod 34:16 : 16 And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.
1 Cor 7:2 : 2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Heb 12:16 : 16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
Gen 24:3 : 3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
Gen 28:9 : 9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

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