Genesis 29:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.”

Genesis 29:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 29:1323 words

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

כִשְׁמֹעַḵišəmōʿaLike hear

לָבָןlāvānLaban

אֶתʾet—

שֵׁמַעšēmaʿHeard

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

בֶּןbenSon

אֲחֹתוֹʾăḥōtwōSister

וַיָּרָץwayārāṣAnd run

לִקְרָאתוֹliqərāʾtwōTo encountering

וַיְחַבֶּקwayəḥabeqAnd clasp

לוֹlwōTo

וַיְנַשֶּׁקwayənašeqAnd kiss

לוֹlwōTo

וַיְבִיאֵהוּwayəvîʾēhûAnd go

אֶלʾelNear

בֵּיתוֹbêtwōA house

וַיְסַפֵּרwayəsapērAnd score

לְלָבָןləlāvānTo Laban

אֵתʾēt—

כָּלkālWhole

הַדְּבָרִיםhadəvārîmThe word

הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

כִשְׁמֹעַḵišəmōʿaLike hear

לָבָןlāvānLaban

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שֵׁמַעšēmaʿHeard

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

בֶּןbenSon

אֲחֹתוֹʾăḥōtwōSister

וַיָּרָץwayārāṣAnd run

לִקְרָאתוֹliqərāʾtwōTo encountering

וַיְחַבֶּקwayəḥabeqAnd clasp

לוֹlwōTo

וַיְנַשֶּׁקwayənašeqAnd kiss

לוֹlwōTo

וַיְבִיאֵהוּwayəvîʾēhûAnd go

אֶלʾelNear

בֵּיתוֹbêtwōA house

וַיְסַפֵּרwayəsapērAnd score

לְלָבָןləlāvānTo Laban

אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

הַדְּבָרִיםhadəvārîmThe word

הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these

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