Genesis 31:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath he gotten all this glory.”

Genesis 31:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 31:119 words

וַיִּשְׁמַעwayišəmaʿAnd hear

אֶתʾet—

דִּבְרֵיdivərêWord

בְנֵיvənêSon

לָבָןlāvānLaban

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

לָקַחlāqaḥTake

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

אֵתʾēt—

כָּלkālWhole

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לְאָבִינוּləʾāvînûTo father

וּמֵאֲשֶׁרûmēʾăšerAnd from who

לְאָבִינוּləʾāvînûTo father

עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo

אֵתʾēt—

כָּלkālWhole

הַכָּבֹדhakāvōdThe weight

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשְׁמַעwayišəmaʿAnd hear

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

דִּבְרֵיdivərêWord

בְנֵיvənêSon

לָבָןlāvānLaban

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

לָקַחlāqaḥTake

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לְאָבִינוּləʾāvînûTo father

וּמֵאֲשֶׁרûmēʾăšerAnd from who

לְאָבִינוּləʾāvînûTo father

עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo

אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

הַכָּבֹדhakāvōdThe weight

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

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