Genesis 35:29

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּגְוַ֨ע יִצְחָ֤ק וַיָּ֙מָת֙ וַיֵּאָ֣סֶף אֶל־עַמָּ֔יו זָקֵ֖ן וּשְׂבַ֣ע יָמִ֑ים וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ עֵשָׂ֥ו וְיַעֲקֹ֖ב בָּנָֽיו׃ פ

Transliteration

And wayyigwaʿ yiṣḥāq and wayyāmot and wayyēʾāsef unto ʾel-ʿammāyw, zāqēn and ûśȇbaʿ yāmîm, and wayyiqbȇrû ʾōtô ʿēśāw and wȇyaʿăqōb his bānāyw.

Grammar Details

• *wayyigwaʿ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he expired
• *yiṣḥāq*: proper noun, subject - Isaac
• *wayyāmot*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he died
• *wayyēʾāsef*: waw consecutive + niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he was gathered
• *ʾel-ʿammāyw*: preposition + masculine plural noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to his people
• *zāqēn*: adjective masculine singular - old
• *ûśȇbaʿ*: waw consecutive + adjective masculine singular construct - and satisfied of
• *yāmîm*: masculine plural noun - days
• *wayyiqbȇrû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd common plural - and they buried
• *ʾōtô*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine singular suffix - him
• *ʿēśāw*: proper noun - Esau
• *wȇyaʿăqōb*: waw consecutive + proper noun - and Jacob
• *bānāyw*: masculine plural noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his sons

Word Meanings

• *wayyigwaʿ*: and he expired/and he breathed his last/and he passed away
• *wayyēʾāsef ʾel-ʿammāyw*: and he was gathered to his people/and he joined his ancestors
• *zāqēn*: old/aged/elderly
• *ûśȇbaʿ yāmîm*: and full of days/and satisfied with days/having lived a full life

Referenced Verses

• Gen 15:15 : 15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
• Gen 49:33 : 33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
• Gen 49:31 : 31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
• Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
• Job 5:26 : 26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
• Eccl 12:5-7 : 5 Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: 6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. 7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
• Gen 23:19-20 : 19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. 20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
• Gen 25:7-9 : 7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. 8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. 9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
• Gen 25:17 : 17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.
• Gen 27:1-2 : 1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. 2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
• Gen 27:41 : 41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.