Learn Hebrew Through the Torah Portion of Toldot

וַיִּתְרֹצֲצוּ הַבָּנִים בְּקִרְבָּהּ וַתֹּאמֶר אִם־כֵּן לָמָּה זֶּה אָנֹכִי וַתֵּלֶךְ לִדְרֹשׁ אֶת־יְהֹוָה׃

vai-yi-t’-ROTZ-tzu ha-ba-NEEM b’-kir-BAH va-TO-mer im-KAYN, la-MAH ZEH a-NO-khee, va-TE-lekh lid-ROSH et a-do-NAI

But the children struggled in her womb, and she said, “If so, why do I exist?” She went to inquire of Hashem,

וַיִּתְרֹצֲצוּ הַבָּנִים בְּקִרְבָּהּ וַתֹּאמֶר אִם־כֵּן לָמָּה זֶּה אָנֹכִי וַתֵּלֶךְ לִדְרֹשׁ אֶת־יְהֹוָה׃

vai-yi-t’-ROTZ-tzu ha-ba-NEEM b’-kir-BAH va-TO-mer im-KAYN, la-MAH ZEH a-NO-khee, va-TE-lekh lid-ROSH et a-do-NAI

But the children struggled in her womb, and she said, “If so, why do I exist?” She went to inquire of Hashem,

וְהָיָה עֵקֶב תִּשְׁמְעוּן אֵת הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים הָאֵלֶּה וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אֹתָם וְשָׁמַר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְךָ אֶת־הַבְּרִית וְאֶת־הַחֶסֶד אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ׃

v’-ha-YAH AY-kev tish-m’-UN AYT ha-mish-pa-TEEM ha-AY-leh ush-mar-TEM va-a-see-TEM o-TAM v’-sha-MAR a-do-NAI e-lo-HE-kha l’-KHA et ha-b’-REET v’-et ha-KHE-sed a-SHER nish-BA la-a-vo-TE-kha

And if you do obey these rules and observe them carefully, Hashem your God will maintain faithfully for you the covenant that He made on oath with your fathers:

וַיְהִי כִּי אָרְכוּ־לוֹ שָׁם הַיָּמִים וַיַּשְׁקֵף אֲבִימֶלֶךְ מֶלֶךְ פְּלִשְׁתִּים בְּעַד הַחַלּוֹן וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה יִצְחָק מְצַחֵק אֵת רִבְקָה אִשְׁתּוֹ׃

vai-HI, ki a-r’-KHU-lo sham ha-ya-MEEM, va-yash-KEF a-vee-ME-lekh me-LEKH p’-lish-TEEM b’-AD ha-KHA-lon, va-YAR va-hi-NEH yitz-KHAK m’-tza-KHEK et riv-KAH ish-TO

When some time had passed, Abimelech king of the Philistines, looking out of the window, saw Yitzchak fondling his wife Rivka.

וַיִּזְרַע יִצְחָק בָּאָרֶץ הַהִוא וַיִּמְצָא בַּשָּׁנָה הַהִוא מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים וַיְבָרֲכֵהוּ יְהֹוָה׃

vai-YIZ-ra YITZ-khak ba-A-rets ha-HU, vai-YIM-tza ba-SHA-na ha-HU may-AH she-a-REEM, vai-va-RE-khe-HU a-do-NAI.

Yitzchak sowed in that land and reaped a hundredfold the same year. Hashem blessed him,

וַעֲשֵׂה־לִי מַטְעַמִּים כַּאֲשֶׁר אָהַבְתִּי וְהָבִיאָה לִּי וְאֹכֵלָה בַּעֲבוּר תְּבָרֶכְךָ נַפְשִׁי בְּטֶרֶם אָמוּת׃

va-a-SEH-li mat-a-MEEM ka-a-SHER a-HAV-tee v’-ha-VEE-a li v’-o-KHE-la ba-a-VUR t’-va-rekh-KHA naf-SHEE b’-TE-rem a-MUT

Then prepare a dish for me such as I like, and bring it to me to eat, so that I may give you my innermost blessing before I die.”