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Genesis 31:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.


Genesis 31:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 31:1221 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
שָׂאśāʾLift
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
עֵינֶיךָʿêneyḵāEye
וּרְאֵהûrəʾēhAnd see
כָּלkālWhole
הָעַתֻּדִיםhāʿatudîmThe prepared
הָעֹלִיםhāʿōlîmThe ascend
עַלʿalAbove
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock
עֲקֻדִּיםʿăqudîmStriped
נְקֻדִּיםnəqudîmSpotted
וּבְרֻדִּיםûvərudîmAnd spotted
כִּיRelative conjunction
רָאִיתִיrāʾîtîSee
אֵתʾēt
כָּלkālWhole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לָבָןlāvānLaban
עֹשֶׂהʿōśehDo
לָּךְlāḵəTo
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
שָׂאśāʾLift
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
עֵינֶיךָʿêneyḵāEye
וּרְאֵהûrəʾēhAnd see
כָּלkālWhole
הָעַתֻּדִיםhāʿatudîmThe prepared
הָעֹלִיםhāʿōlîmThe ascend
עַלʿalAbove
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock
עֲקֻדִּיםʿăqudîmStriped
נְקֻדִּיםnəqudîmSpotted
וּבְרֻדִּיםûvərudîmAnd spotted
כִּיRelative conjunction
רָאִיתִיrāʾîtîSee
אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)
כָּלkālWhole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לָבָןlāvānLaban
עֹשֶׂהʿōśehDo
לָּךְlāḵəTo

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