Genesis 27:12
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”

Young's Literal Translation
it may be my father doth feel me, and I have been in his eyes as a deceiver, and have brought upon me disesteem, and not a blessing;’

King James Bible
My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.

Hebrew
What if
אוּלַ֤י (’ū·lay)
Adverb
Strong's 194: Perhaps

my father
אָבִ֔י (’ā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1: Father

touches me?
יְמֻשֵּׁ֙נִי֙ (yə·muš·šê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 4959: To feel of, to grope

Then I would be revealed
וְהָיִ֥יתִי (wə·hā·yî·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

to him
בְעֵינָ֖יו (ḇə·‘ê·nāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

as a deceiver,
כִּמְתַעְתֵּ֑עַ (kim·ṯa‘·tê·a‘)
Preposition-k | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 8591: To cheat, to maltreat

and I would bring
וְהֵבֵאתִ֥י (wə·hê·ḇê·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

upon myself
עָלַ֛י (‘ā·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

a curse
קְלָלָ֖ה (qə·lā·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7045: Vilification

rather than
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

a blessing.”
בְרָכָֽה׃ (ḇə·rā·ḵāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1293: Benediction, prosperity

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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