Genesis 27:6–10

In its context

Its words in the original

• רִבְקָהrivka· Rebekah

  Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel, wife of Isaac; mother of Esau and Jacob.

• אָמְרָהamra· say

  Say, speak. The most common verb for bringing in what someone says; sometimes "think" (say to oneself) or "command".

• יַעֲקֹבyaakov· Jacob

  Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.

• בְּנָbena· son

  Son. In the plural it can include sons and daughters, and also grandsons and descendants. "Son of..." also says what group someone belongs to ("sons of Israel" = Israelites).

• שָׁמַעְתִּיshamati· hear, listen, obey

  Hear, listen. In the Bible listening truly includes paying heed; so it often means "obey". In the causative form, make heard, proclaim.

• אָבִיavi· father

  Father; also ancestor ("our fathers"), and the founder or head of a family or group.

• מְדַבֵּרmedaber· speak

  Speak, talk, say; also promise or command.

• עֵשָׂוesav· Esau

  Esau, the elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob; also called Edom, father of the Edomites. The name also stands for his descendants.

• אָחִיachi· brother

  Brother; also a close relative, or someone of the same people.

• הָבִיאָhavia· come, go in, bring

  Come, arrive, go in, enter. In the causative form, "bring" or "carry in". "Go in to" a woman is to have marital relations with her.

• צַיִדtsayid· game

  Game, what is hunted; hunting.

• עֲשֵׂהase· do, make

  Do, make, in the widest sense: build, produce, carry out, keep (a command), prepare.

• מַטְעַמִּיםmatamim· tasty food

  Tasty food, a dish carefully prepared.

• אֹכֵלָהochela· eat

  Eat; also consume, devour (said of fire or the sword).

• אֲבָרֶכְavarech· bless, kneel

  Bless. When God blesses, he gives good: life, children, fruit, prosperity. When a person "blesses God", he gives him nothing: he praises and thanks him. Between people, it is wishing the other the good that comes from God; also greet. The root also means kneel.

• פְנֵיfene· face, presence

  Face. From there "surface" (the face of something) and "presence" (being before someone's face); with a preposition it means "before" or "in front of".

• יְהוָהyehva· YHWH

  The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

• מוֹתִmoti· death

  Death; also the realm of the dead, or a deadly plague.

• קֹלִkoli· voice, sound

  Voice or sound: what is heard, from a person, an animal or a thing (thunder, steps).

• מְצַוָּהmetsava· command

  Command, give an order; give charge to someone.

• לֶךְlech· go, walk

  Go, walk, depart; in the causative form, lead or bring.

• צֹּאןtson· flock

  Flock of sheep and goats, small livestock; figuratively, a people led like a flock.

• קַחkach· take

  Take: seize, take along, receive. Also "take a wife" (marry).

• שְׁנֵיshene· two

  Two.

• גְּדָיֵיgedaye· young goat

  Young goat, kid.

• עִזִּיםizim· goat

  Goat, female goat; also goats' hair.

• טֹבִיםtovim· good

  Good in the widest sense: pleasant, beautiful, useful, right, of good quality. As a noun, "good", "good things", "well-being".

• אָהֵבahev· love

  Love, have affection for someone: a parent for a child, a husband for a wife, a friend for a friend, a person for God; also like, desire.