Genesis 27:40
You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you will shake his yoke from off your neck.”This verse in the real world
In what words
- רוּדrûwdto tramp about, i.e. ramble (free or disconsolate)
- פָּרַקpâraqto break off or crunch; figuratively, to deliver
- עֹלʻôla yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively
- חָיָהchâyâhto live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
- עָבַדʻâbadto work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
- חֶרֶבcherebdrought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or ot
- אָחʼâcha brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or r
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
2Ki 8:20–22, Gen 25:23, 2Sa 8:14, 2Ch 21:10, 2Ch 21:8, 2Ch 25:11–12, 2Ch 28:17, Psa 60:8