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Genesis 31:20 — King James Version← Study notes

And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.


Genesis 31:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 31:2013 words
וַיִּגְנֹבwayigənōvAnd thieve
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
אֶתʾet
לֵבlēvHeart
לָבָןlāvānLaban
הָאֲרַמִּיhāʾăramîThe Aramite
עַלʿalAbove
בְּלִיbəlîFailure
הִגִּידhigîdFront
לוֹlwōTo
כִּיRelative conjunction
בֹרֵחַvōrēḥaBolt
הוּאhûʾHe
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּגְנֹבwayigənōvAnd thieve
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
לֵבlēvHeart
לָבָןlāvānLaban
הָאֲרַמִּיhāʾăramîThe Aramite
עַלʿalAbove
בְּלִיbəlîFailure
הִגִּידhigîdFront
לוֹlwōTo
כִּיRelative conjunction
בֹרֵחַvōrēḥaBolt
הוּאhûʾHe

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