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two hundredמָאתַיִםfemale goatsעִזִּיםand twentyוּ עֶשְׂרִיםmale goats,תְיָשִׁיםtwo hundredמָאתַיִםewesרְחֵלִיםand twentyוְ עֶשְׂרִיםrams,אֵילִים
Genesis 32:14
Study it in the app“two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 32:14, word by word
- two hundredמָאתַיִםmatayim
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “matayim” appears- female goatsעִזִּיםizim
goat
The female of the goat flock, used for milk and hair.
Where else “izim” appears- and twentyעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- male goatsתְיָשִׁיםteyashim
male goat
Male goat.
Where else “teyashim” appears- ewesרְחֵלִיםrechelim
ewe
Ewe: a female sheep. It is the same word as the name "Rachel".
Where else “rechelim” appears- ramsאֵילִיםelim
ram
A full-grown male sheep, used as an offering.
Where else “elim” appears
The context
13He spent the night there that night, and he took from what had come into his hand a gift for Esau his brother:
14 · This verse (above)
15thirty nursing camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.
To study Genesis 32 in a group
1. What it says
What did Jacob do before meeting Esau, and what happened to him at the Jabbok (vv. 7-24)?
2. What it means
What is the meaning of Jacob receiving the name Israel (v. 28)?
3. How I live it
What fear can you bring honestly to Elohim in prayer today?