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וַתִּקַּ֣ח רִ֠בְקָה אֶת־בִּגְדֵ֨י עֵשָׂ֜ו בְּנָ֤הּ הַגָּדֹל֙ הַחֲמֻדֹ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִתָּ֖הּ בַּבָּ֑יִת וַתַּלְבֵּ֥שׁ אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹ֖ב בְּנָ֥הּ הַקָּטָֽן׃ 16  וְאֵ֗ת עֹרֹת֙ גְּדָיֵ֣י הָֽעִזִּ֔ים הִלְבִּ֖ישָׁה עַל־יָדָ֑יו וְעַ֖ל חֶלְקַ֥ת צַוָּארָֽיו׃ 17  וַתִּתֵּ֧ן אֶת־הַמַּטְעַמִּ֛ים וְאֶת־הַלֶּ֖חֶם אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑תָה בְּיַ֖ד יַעֲקֹ֥ב בְּנָֽהּ׃

Vocabulary

Verse 15

            עשו name: “Esau”

            חמדות noun: “desirable one” (BDB, 326)

            לבשׁ verb (Hiphil waw-consecutive imperfect 3fs): “dress” (BDB, 528)

            קטן adj: “small” (BDB, 881)

Verse 16

            עור noun: “hide, skin” (BDB, 736)

            גדי noun: “young male goat, kid” (BDB, 152)

            עז noun: “female goat” (BDB, 777)

            לבשׁ verb (Hiphil perfect 3fs): “dress” (BDB, 528)

            חלקה noun: “smooth part” (BDB, 325)

            צואר noun: “neck, back (of the neck)” (BDB, 848)

Verse 17

            מטעם noun: “savory food” (BDB, 381)

Syntax & Misc.

Verse 15-16

·                    Clause Typology 1 (וַתִּקַּ֣ח רִ֠בְקָה אֶת־בִּגְדֵ֨י עֵשָׂ֜ו בְּנָ֤הּ הַגָּדֹל֙ הַחֲמֻדֹ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִתָּ֖הּ בַּבָּ֑יִת): V-S-O

• The substantive adjectives הגדל and הקטן (clause 2 below) are used as comparatives—“the older” and “the younger” son (GKC 133f).
• The referent of חמדות is best understood as the garments of Esau and not Esau himself.  Grammatically, one could argue that it begins a new verbless clause (S-P).

·                    Embedded Typology 1 (אִתָּ֖הּ בַּבָּ֑יִת): P

• The form אתה is pointed as the preposition.

·                    Clause Typology 2 (וַתַּלְבֵּ֥שׁ אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹ֖ב בְּנָ֥הּ הַקָּטָֽן): V-O

• The Hiphil of the verbal root לבשׁ (“to dress oneself; be dressed”) is causative “to cause someone to be dressed,” that is, “to dress someone.”

Verse 16

·                    Clause Typology 1 (וְאֵ֗ת עֹרֹת֙ גְּדָיֵ֣י הָֽעִזִּ֔ים הִלְבִּ֖ישָׁה עַל־יָדָ֑יו וְעַ֖ל חֶלְקַ֥ת צַוָּארָֽיו): M-V-M

• את should be understood as the preposition.
• The object of the verb is still יעקב though not explicitly mentioned in this clause.

Verse 17

·                    Clause Typology 1 (וַתִּתֵּ֧ן אֶת־הַמַּטְעַמִּ֛ים וְאֶת־הַלֶּ֖חֶם אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑תָה בְּיַ֖ד יַעֲקֹ֥ב בְּנָֽהּ): V-O-M

• The initial verb is נתן as a Qal waw-consecutive imperfect 3fs wherein the first dagesh is the doubling of the consecutive form and the second represents the assimilation of the initial root radical.
• The final phrase, ביד יעקב בנה, modifies the main verb and not the embedded verb immediately preceding it.

·                    Embedded Typology A (עָשָׂ֑תָה): V

• The pausal form lengthens the accented syllable from the expected עָשְֹתָה to the present form.

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