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Genesis 31:27 — King James Version← Study notes

Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?


Genesis 31:27Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 31:2713 words
לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?
נַחְבֵּאתָnaḥəbēʾtāSecrete
לִבְרֹחַlivərōḥaTo bolt
וַתִּגְנֹבwatigənōvAnd thieve
אֹתִיʾōtî
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
הִגַּדְתָּhigadətāFront
לִּיTo
וָאֲשַׁלֵּחֲךָwāʾăšalēḥăḵāAnd send
בְּשִׂמְחָהbəśiməḥāhIn blithesomeness
וּבְשִׁרִיםûvəširîmAnd in song
בְּתֹףbətōp̄In tambourine
וּבְכִנּוֹרûvəḵinwōrAnd in harp
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?
נַחְבֵּאתָnaḥəbēʾtāSecrete
לִבְרֹחַlivərōḥaTo bolt
וַתִּגְנֹבwatigənōvAnd thieve
אֹתִיʾōtîdirect object marker (no translation)
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
הִגַּדְתָּhigadətāFront
לִּיTo
וָאֲשַׁלֵּחֲךָwāʾăšalēḥăḵāAnd send
בְּשִׂמְחָהbəśiməḥāhIn blithesomeness
וּבְשִׁרִיםûvəširîmAnd in song
בְּתֹףbətōp̄In tambourine
וּבְכִנּוֹרûvəḵinwōrAnd in harp

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