Genesis 31:33 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the two maidservants’ tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.”
Genesis 31:33 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 31:3317 words
וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go
לָבָןlāvānLaban
בְּאֹהֶלbəʾōhelIn tent
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
וּבְאֹהֶלûvəʾōhelAnd in tent
לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah
וּבְאֹהֶלûvəʾōhelAnd in tent
שְׁתֵּיšətêTwo
הָאֲמָהֹתhāʾămāhōtThe maid-servant
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
מָצָאmāṣāʾCome
וַיֵּצֵאwayēṣēʾAnd go
מֵאֹהֶלmēʾōhelFrom tent
לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah
וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go
בְּאֹהֶלbəʾōhelIn tent
רָחֵלrāḥēlRachel
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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