One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.Genesis 25:29
Original language and places
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Original language (Hebrew)
וַיָּ֥זֶד יַעֲקֹ֖ב נָזִ֑יד וַיָּבֹ֥א עֵשָׂ֛ו מִן־הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה וְה֥וּא עָיֵֽף׃
- וַיָּ֥זֶדvai.Ya.zed“and he had cooked”Conjunction + Verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from זִיד · “to boil” · Strong's H2102
- יַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.Ko“Jacob”Noun, proper name of a man · from יַעֲקֹב · “Jacob” · Strong's H3290
- נָזִ֑ידna.Zid“cooked food”Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from נָזִיד · “stew” · Strong's H5138
- וַיָּבֹ֥אvai.ya.Vo'“and he came”Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from בּוֹא · “come” · Strong's H0935G
- עֵשָׂ֛ו'e.Sav“Esau”Noun, proper name of a man · from עֵשָׂו · “Esau” · Strong's H6215G
- מִן־min-“from”Preposition · “from” · Strong's H4480A
- הַשָּׂדֶ֖הha.sa.Deh“the field”Definite article + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from שָׂדֶה · “country; planet” · Strong's H7704G
- וְה֥וּאve.Hu'“and he”Conjunction + Pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from הוּא · “he; she; it” · Strong's H1931
- עָיֵֽף׃'a.Yef“[was] exhausted”Adjective, masculine, singular, absolute · from עָיֵף · “faint” · Strong's H5889
- Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)