Original Language Studio
Genesis 27:41
“And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H7852 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to lurk for, i.e. persecute
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- hate, oppose self against.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּשְׂטֹ֤ם — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 6 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 49:23Genesis 50:15Job 16:9Job 30:21Psalms 55:4
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׂטַם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.