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Genesis 30:36 — King James Version← Study notes

And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.


Genesis 30:36Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 30:3613 words
וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put
דֶּרֶךְdereḵəRoad
שְׁלֹשֶׁתšəlōšetThree
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
בֵּינוֹbênwōBetween
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
וְיַעֲקֹבwəyaʿăqōvAnd Jacob
רֹעֶהrōʿehTend
אֶתʾet
צֹאןṣōʾnFlock
לָבָןlāvānLaban
הַנּוֹתָרֹתhanwōtārōtThe jut
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put
דֶּרֶךְdereḵəRoad
שְׁלֹשֶׁתšəlōšetThree
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
בֵּינוֹbênwōBetween
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
וְיַעֲקֹבwəyaʿăqōvAnd Jacob
רֹעֶהrōʿehTend
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
צֹאןṣōʾnFlock
לָבָןlāvānLaban
הַנּוֹתָרֹתhanwōtārōtThe jut

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