Genesis 25:32
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”

Young's Literal Translation
And Esau saith, ‘Lo, I am going to die, and what is this to me—birthright?’

King James Bible
And Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?

Hebrew
“Look,”
הִנֵּ֛ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

said
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

Esau,
עֵשָׂ֔ו (‘ê·śāw)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6215: Esau -- oldest son of Isaac

“I am
אָנֹכִ֥י (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

about to die,
הוֹלֵ֖ךְ (hō·w·lêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

so what good
וְלָמָּה־ (wə·lām·māh-)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

is a birthright
בְּכֹרָֽה׃ (bə·ḵō·rāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1062: The firstling of man, beast, primogeniture

to me?”
לִ֖י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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