Genesis
Chapter 27
Verse 23
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Genesis 27

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23 He didn’t recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau’s hands. So he blessed him.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Genesis 27:23. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 67
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

וְלֹ֣א הִכִּיר֔וֹ כִּֽי־הָי֣וּ יָדָ֗יו כִּידֵ֛י עֵשָׂ֥ו אָחִ֖יו שְׂעִרֹ֑ת וַֽיְבָרְכֵֽהוּ׃

10 word entries
וְלֹ֣א
Lemma
c/3808
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3808
Occurrences
1593
הִכִּיר֔וֹ
Lemma
5234 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil perfect 3rd person masculine singular + suffix
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H5234
Occurrences
34
כִּֽי
Lemma
3588 a
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3588
Occurrences
4218
הָי֣וּ
Lemma
1961
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1961
Occurrences
1660
יָדָ֗יו
Lemma
3027
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender dual construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3027
Occurrences
747
כִּידֵ֛י
Lemma
k/3027
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender dual construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H3027
Occurrences
9
עֵשָׂ֥ו
Lemma
6215
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6215
Occurrences
86
אָחִ֖יו
Lemma
251
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H251
Occurrences
455
שְׂעִרֹ֑ת
Lemma
8163 a
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H8163
Occurrences
2
וַֽיְבָרְכֵֽהוּ
Lemma
c/1288
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb piel sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + suffix
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1288
Occurrences
107
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Καὶ οὐκ ἐπέγνω αὐτὸν, ἦσαν γὰρ αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ, ὡς αἱ χεῖρες Ἡσαῦ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ, δασεῖαι· καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτὸν,

20 word entries
Καὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
οὐκ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
οὐ
Transliteration
ou
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Part of Speech
particle
Definition
Negative particle before rough breathing.
Occurrences
5892
ἐπέγνω
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
epegno
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ἐπέγνω
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
18
αὐτὸν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
ἦσαν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
esan
Morphology
verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd plural
Gloss
they were
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
5427
γὰρ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
γάρ
Transliteration
gar
Morphology
postpositive explanatory conjunction
Gloss
for, because
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Explanatory or causal conjunction.
Occurrences
1390
αἱ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
χεῖρες
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
cheir
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
hand
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Hand or power.
Occurrences
1718
αὐτοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
ὡς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ὡς
Transliteration
hos
Morphology
comparative conjunction/adverb
Gloss
as, like, when
Part of Speech
conjunction/adverb
Definition
Comparative or temporal conjunction/adverb.
Occurrences
1899
αἱ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
χεῖρες
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
cheir
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
hand
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Hand or power.
Occurrences
1718
Ἡσαῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
Esau
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Esau
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Esau.
Occurrences
101
τοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
ἀδελφοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
adelphos
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
brother
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Brother, kinsman, or member of a people.
Occurrences
739
αὐτοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
δασεῖαι
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
daseiai
Morphology
nominative plural feminine or infinitive/verb form depending on context
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
καὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
εὐλόγησεν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
eulogesen
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she blessed
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To bless, praise, or speak well of.
Occurrences
84
αὐτὸν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
Targum Onkelos Torah Aramaic · Targum Onkelos · Public Domain

Coverage: Torah

Ancient Aramaic Torah translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as the Hebrew original text.

וְלָא אִשְׁתְּמוֹדְעֵהּ אֲרֵי הֲוָאָה יְדוֹהִי כִּידֵי עֵשָׂו אֲחוּהִי שְׂעִירָן (נ''י שַׂעֲרַנְיָן) וּבָרְכֵהּ

13 word entries
וְלָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ולא
Transliteration
wl'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
376
אִשְׁתְּמוֹדְעֵהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'shtmwd'h
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
2
אֲרֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ארי
Transliteration
'ry
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
989
הֲוָאָה
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
הוא
Transliteration
hw'h
Morphology
personal/demonstrative pronoun
Gloss
he, it
Occurrences
372
יְדוֹהִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ydwhy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
22
כִּידֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ידי
Transliteration
kydy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
50
עֵשָׂו
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
עשו
Transliteration
'shw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
82
אֲחוּהִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'chwhy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
127
שְׂעִירָן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
sh'yrn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
נ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
נ
Transliteration
n
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
60
י
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
י
Transliteration
y
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
51
שַׂעֲרַנְיָן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
sh'rnyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
וּבָרְכֵהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wbrkh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
3
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܘܠܐ ܐܫܬܘܕܥܗ. ܡܛܠ ܕܗ̈ܘܝ ܐܝ̈ܕܘܗܝ ܐܝܟ ܐ̈ܝܕܝ ܥܣܘ ܐܚܘܗܝ ܣܥܪ̈ܢ ܘܒܪܟܗ.

11 word entries
ܘܠܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
WL>
Morphology
W-L>
Occurrences
0
ܐܫܬܘܕܥܗ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
>CTWD<H
Morphology
@>(T&C@](C&T](J&WD<[-H
Occurrences
0
ܡܛܠ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
MVL
Morphology
MVL
Occurrences
0
ܕܗ̈ܘܝ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
DH"WJ
Morphology
D-HWJ[(J=
Occurrences
0
ܐܝ̈ܕܘܗܝ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
>J"DWHJ
Morphology
&>JD/(J&W-HJ
Occurrences
0
ܐܝܟ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
>JK
Morphology
>JK
Occurrences
0
ܐ̈ܝܕܝ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
>"JDJ
Morphology
&>JD/J-(J
Occurrences
0
ܥܣܘ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
<SW
Morphology
<SW/
Occurrences
0
ܐܚܘܗܝ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
>XWHJ
Morphology
>X&W/-HJ
Occurrences
0
ܣܥܪ̈ܢ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
S<R"N
Morphology
S<R==/N
Occurrences
0
ܘܒܪܟܗ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
WBRKH
Morphology
W-BRK[:d-H
Occurrences
0
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Et non cognovit eum, quia pilosæ manus similitudinem majoris expresserant. Benedicens ergo illi,

13 word entries
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
cognovit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
cognovit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
369
eum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
quia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quia
Transliteration
quia
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2543
pilosae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pilosus
Transliteration
pilosae
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
6
manus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
manus
Transliteration
manus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1822
similitudinem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
similitudinem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
84
maioris
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
magnus
Transliteration
maioris
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
1017
expresserant
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
exprimo
Transliteration
expresserant
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
11
benedicens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
benedicens
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
418
ergo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ergo
Transliteration
ergo
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1237
illi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
illi
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Genesis 27:16

She put the skins of the young goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck.

5 relevance votes

Hebrews 11:20

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come.

5 relevance votes
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