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Genesis 33:1

וַיִּשָּׂ֨א
nâsâʼ
and — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
יַעֲקֹ֜ב
Yaʻăqôb
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
עֵינָ֗יו
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
וַיַּרְא֙
râʼâh
and — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
וְהִנֵּ֣ה
hinnêh
and — lo!
עֵשָׂ֣ו
ʻÊsâv
Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity
בָּ֔א
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
וְעִמּ֕וֹ
ʻim
and — adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
אַרְבַּ֥ע
ʼarbaʻ
four
מֵא֖וֹת
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
אִ֑ישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
וַיַּ֣חַץ
châtsâh
and — to cut or split in two; to halve
אֶת
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
הַיְלָדִ֗ים
yeled
the — something born, i.e. a lad or offspring
עַל
ʻal
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
לֵאָה֙
Lêʼâh
Leah, a wife of Jacob
וְעַל
ʻal
and — above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
רָחֵ֔ל
Râchêl
Rachel, a wife of Jacob
וְעַ֖ל
ʻal
and — above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
שְׁתֵּ֥י
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
הַשְּׁפָחֽוֹת
shiphchâh
the — a female slave (as a member of the household)
Genesis 33:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Then Jacob looked up, and saw Esau coming with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two maids.
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Then Jacob looked up, and saw Esau coming with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two maids.
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