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Genesis 31:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.”

Genesis 31:23 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 31:2313 words
וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
אֶתʾet—
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
עִמּוֹʿimwōWith
וַיִּרְדֹּףwayirədōp̄And run after
אַחֲרָיוʾaḥărāywThe hind part
דֶּרֶךְdereḵəRoad
שִׁבְעַתšivəʿatSeven
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
וַיַּדְבֵּקwayadəbēqAnd impinge
אֹתוֹʾōtwō—
בְּהַרbəharIn mountain
הַגִּלְעָדhagiləʿādThe Gilad
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
עִמּוֹʿimwōWith
וַיִּרְדֹּףwayirədōp̄And run after
אַחֲרָיוʾaḥărāywThe hind part
דֶּרֶךְdereḵəRoad
שִׁבְעַתšivəʿatSeven
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
וַיַּדְבֵּקwayadəbēqAnd impinge
אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)
בְּהַרbəharIn mountain
הַגִּלְעָדhagiləʿādThe Gilad

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