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Genesis 30:40 — King James Version← Study notes

And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban’s cattle.


Genesis 30:40Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 30:4021 words
וְהַכְּשָׂבִיםwəhakəśāvîmAnd the young sheep
הִפְרִידhip̄ərîdBreak through
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give
פְּנֵיpənêFace
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock
אֶלʾelNear
עָקֹדʿāqōdStriped
וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
חוּםḥûmSunburnt
בְּצֹאןbəṣōʾnIn flock
לָבָןlāvānLaban
וַיָּשֶׁתwayāšetAnd place
לוֹlwōTo
עֲדָרִיםʿădārîmArrangement
לְבַדּוֹləvadwōTo separation
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
שָׁתָםšātāmPlace
עַלʿalAbove
צֹאןṣōʾnFlock
לָבָןlāvānLaban
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהַכְּשָׂבִיםwəhakəśāvîmAnd the young sheep
הִפְרִידhip̄ərîdBreak through
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give
פְּנֵיpənêFace
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock
אֶלʾelNear
עָקֹדʿāqōdStriped
וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
חוּםḥûmSunburnt
בְּצֹאןbəṣōʾnIn flock
לָבָןlāvānLaban
וַיָּשֶׁתwayāšetAnd place
לוֹlwōTo
עֲדָרִיםʿădārîmArrangement
לְבַדּוֹləvadwōTo separation
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
שָׁתָםšātāmPlace
עַלʿalAbove
צֹאןṣōʾnFlock
לָבָןlāvānLaban

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