Genesis 33:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְה֖וּא עָבַ֣ר לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם וַיִּשְׁתַּ֤חוּ אַ֙רְצָה֙ שֶׁ֣בַע פְּעָמִ֔ים עַד־גִּשְׁתּ֖וֹ עַד־אָחִֽיו׃

Transliteration

wə-hûʾ ʿābar lipnêhem wə-yištaḥû ʾarṣāh šebaʿ pəʿāmîm until-gištô until-ʾāḥîw

Grammar Details

*wə-hûʾ*: conjunction + personal pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - and he
*ʿābar*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - passed over/crossed/went ahead
*lipnêhem*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - before them
*wə-yištaḥû*: waw consecutive + Hishtaphel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he bowed down
*ʾarṣāh*: noun, feminine singular with directional heh - to the ground/earthward
*šebaʿ*: cardinal number - seven
*pəʿāmîm*: noun, feminine plural - times
*gištô*: infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his approaching
*ʾāḥîw*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his brother

Word Meanings

*ʿābar*: passed over/crossed/went ahead
*yištaḥû*: bowed down/prostrated himself
*ʾarṣāh*: to the ground/earthward/to the earth
*gištô*: his approaching/drawing near/coming close to

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 42:6 : 6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
Gen 43:26 : 26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
Gen 18:2 : 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
1 Sam 2:5 : 5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
Prov 6:3 : 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
Eccl 10:4 : 4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
Luke 14:11 : 11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
John 10:4 : 4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
John 10:11-12 : 11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
John 10:15 : 15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

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