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Genesis 36:2
“Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עֵשָׂוʻÊsâv · ay-sawv'
H6215 · Hebrew
H6215 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity
- Derivation
- apparently a form of the passive participle of H6213 (עָשָׂה) in the original sense of handling; rough (i.e. sensibly felt);
- KJV renderings
- Esau.
- Grammar
- עֵשָׂ֛ו — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 97 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 25:25Genesis 25:26Genesis 25:27Genesis 25:28Genesis 25:29
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 עֵשָׂו 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.