Genesis 27:4
Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”
BSB
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ASV
and make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
KJV
And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
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Commentary
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13 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַעֲשֵׂה־ | va.'a.seh- | and prepare | H6213 → |
| לִ֨י | li | for <the> me | |
| מַטְעַמִּ֜ים | mat.'a.Mim | savory food<s> | H4303 → |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | ka.'a.Sher | just as | H834 → |
| אָהַ֛בְתִּי | 'a.Hav.ti | I love | H157 → |
| וְהָבִ֥יאָה | ve.ha.Vi.'ah | and bring [it] ! | H935 → |
| לִּ֖י | li | to <the> me | |
| וְאֹכֵ֑לָה | ve.'o.Khe.lah | so let me eat [it] | H398 → |
| בַּעֲב֛וּר | ba.'a.Vur | inorder that | H5668 → |
| תְּבָרֶכְךָ֥ | te.va.rekh.Kha | it may bless you | H1288 → |
| נַפְשִׁ֖י | naf.Shi | self my | H5315 → |
| בְּטֶ֥רֶם | be.Te.rem | <in> before | H2962 → |
| אָמֽוּת׃ | 'a.Mut | I will die | H4191 → |
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