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Genesis 31:36 — King James Version← Study notes

And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?


Genesis 31:36Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 31:3615 words
וַיִּחַרwayiḥarAnd glow
לְיַעֲקֹבləyaʿăqōvTo Jacob
וַיָּרֶבwayārevAnd toss
בְּלָבָןbəlāvānIn Laban
וַיַּעַןwayaʿanAnd eye
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לְלָבָןləlāvānTo Laban
מַהmahWhat?
פִּשְׁעִיpišəʿîRevolt
מַהmahWhat?
חַטָּאתִיḥaṭāʾtîOffence
כִּיRelative conjunction
דָלַקְתָּdālaqətāFlame
אַחֲרָיʾaḥărāyThe hind part
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּחַרwayiḥarAnd glow
לְיַעֲקֹבləyaʿăqōvTo Jacob
וַיָּרֶבwayārevAnd toss
בְּלָבָןbəlāvānIn Laban
וַיַּעַןwayaʿanAnd eye
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לְלָבָןləlāvānTo Laban
מַהmahWhat?
פִּשְׁעִיpišəʿîRevolt
מַהmahWhat?
חַטָּאתִיḥaṭāʾtîOffence
כִּיRelative conjunction
דָלַקְתָּdālaqətāFlame
אַחֲרָיʾaḥărāyThe hind part

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