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Genesis 29:15 — King James Version← Study notes

And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?


Genesis 29:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 29:1512 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לָבָןlāvānLaban
לְיַעֲקֹבləyaʿăqōvTo Jacob
הֲכִיhăḵîRelative conjunction
אָחִיʾāḥîBrother
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
וַעֲבַדְתַּנִיwaʿăvadətanîAnd work
חִנָּםḥināmGratis
הַגִּידָהhagîdāhFront
לִּיTo
מַהmahWhat?
מַּשְׂכֻּרְתֶּךָmaśəkurəteḵāWages
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לָבָןlāvānLaban
לְיַעֲקֹבləyaʿăqōvTo Jacob
הֲכִיhăḵîRelative conjunction
אָחִיʾāḥîBrother
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
וַעֲבַדְתַּנִיwaʿăvadətanîAnd work
חִנָּםḥināmGratis
הַגִּידָהhagîdāhFront
לִּיTo
מַהmahWhat?
מַּשְׂכֻּרְתֶּךָmaśəkurəteḵāWages

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