Genesis 31:29 — King James Version← Study notes
“It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.”
Genesis 31:29 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 31:2920 words
יֶשׁyešIs
לְאֵלləʾēlTo strength
יָדִיyādîHand
לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do
עִמָּכֶםʿimāḵemWith
רָעrāʿBad
וֵאלֹהֵיwēʾlōhêAnd God
אֲבִיכֶםʾăvîḵemFather
אֶמֶשׁʾemešYesterday
אָמַרʾāmarSay
אֵלַיʾēlayNear
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
הִשָּׁמֶרhišāmerHedge
לְךָləḵāTo
מִדַּבֵּרmidabērFrom arrange
עִםʿimWith
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
מִטּוֹבmiṭwōvFrom good
עַדʿadAs far
רָעrāʿBad
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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