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Genesis 31:26 — King James Version← Study notes

And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?


Genesis 31:26Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 31:2613 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לָבָןlāvānLaban
לְיַעֲקֹבləyaʿăqōvTo Jacob
מֶהmehWhat?
עָשִׂיתָʿāśîtāDo
וַתִּגְנֹבwatigənōvAnd thieve
אֶתʾet
לְבָבִיləvāvîHeart
וַתְּנַהֵגwatənahēgAnd drive
אֶתʾet
בְּנֹתַיbənōtayDaughter
כִּשְׁבֻיוֹתkišəvuywōtLike transport into captivity
חָרֶבḥārevDrought
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לָבָןlāvānLaban
לְיַעֲקֹבləyaʿăqōvTo Jacob
מֶהmehWhat?
עָשִׂיתָʿāśîtāDo
וַתִּגְנֹבwatigənōvAnd thieve
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
לְבָבִיləvāvîHeart
וַתְּנַהֵגwatənahēgAnd drive
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בְּנֹתַיbənōtayDaughter
כִּשְׁבֻיוֹתkišəvuywōtLike transport into captivity
חָרֶבḥārevDrought

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