Genesis 29:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.”

Genesis 29:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 29:2112 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

אֶלʾelNear

לָבָןlāvānLaban

הָבָהhāvāhGive

אֶתʾet—

אִשְׁתִּיʾišətîWoman

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

מָלְאוּmāləʾûFill

יָמָיyāmāyDay

וְאָבוֹאָהwəʾāvwōʾāhAnd go

אֵלֶיהָʾēleyhāNear

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

אֶלʾelNear

לָבָןlāvānLaban

הָבָהhāvāhGive

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אִשְׁתִּיʾišətîWoman

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

מָלְאוּmāləʾûFill

יָמָיyāmāyDay

וְאָבוֹאָהwəʾāvwōʾāhAnd go

אֵלֶיהָʾēleyhāNear

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