Genesis 31:25 — King James Version← Study notes

“Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.”

Genesis 31:25 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 31:2515 words

וַיַּשֵּׂגwayaśēgAnd reach

לָבָןlāvānLaban

אֶתʾet—

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

וְיַעֲקֹבwəyaʿăqōvAnd Jacob

תָּקַעtāqaʿClatter

אֶתʾet—

אָהֳלוֹʾāhŏlwōTent

בָּהָרbāhārIn mountain

וְלָבָןwəlāvānAnd Laban

תָּקַעtāqaʿClatter

אֶתʾetNearness

אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother

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

וַיַּשֵּׂגwayaśēgAnd reach

לָבָןlāvānLaban

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

וְיַעֲקֹבwəyaʿăqōvAnd Jacob

תָּקַעtāqaʿClatter

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אָהֳלוֹʾāhŏlwōTent

בָּהָרbāhārIn mountain

וְלָבָןwəlāvānAnd Laban

תָּקַעtāqaʿClatter

אֶתʾetNearness

אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother

בְּהַרbəharIn mountain

הַגִּלְעָדhagiləʿādThe Gilad

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