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Genesis 31:10 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.


Genesis 31:10Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 31:1016 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בְּעֵתbəʿētIn time
יַחֵםyaḥēmBe hot
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock
וָאֶשָּׂאwāʾeśāʾAnd lift
עֵינַיʿênayEye
וָאֵרֶאwāʾēreʾAnd see
בַּחֲלוֹםbaḥălwōmIn dream
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
הָעַתֻּדִיםhāʿatudîmThe prepared
הָעֹלִיםhāʿōlîmThe ascend
עַלʿalAbove
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock
עֲקֻדִּיםʿăqudîmStriped
נְקֻדִּיםnəqudîmSpotted
וּבְרֻדִּיםûvərudîmAnd spotted
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בְּעֵתbəʿētIn time
יַחֵםyaḥēmBe hot
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock
וָאֶשָּׂאwāʾeśāʾAnd lift
עֵינַיʿênayEye
וָאֵרֶאwāʾēreʾAnd see
בַּחֲלוֹםbaḥălwōmIn dream
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
הָעַתֻּדִיםhāʿatudîmThe prepared
הָעֹלִיםhāʿōlîmThe ascend
עַלʿalAbove
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock
עֲקֻדִּיםʿăqudîmStriped
נְקֻדִּיםnəqudîmSpotted
וּבְרֻדִּיםûvərudîmAnd spotted

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