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Genesis 31:40 — King James Version← Study notes

Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.


Genesis 31:40Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 31:409 words
HebrewMeaning
הָיִ֧יתִיhāyiytiy
I wasverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
בַ/יּ֛וֹםbaywōm
in the daypronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
אֲכָלַ֥/נִיʾăkālaniy
it consumed meverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
חֹ֖רֶבḥōreb
heatnounH2721
drought · dry · heat · utterly ···
וְ/קֶ֣רַחwəqeraḥ
and frostconjH7140
frost · ice
בַּ/לָּ֑יְלָהbalāyəlāh
in the nightpronH3915
וַ/תִּדַּ֥דwatidad
and it fledconjH5074
could not · depart · flee ( apace · away) ···
שְׁנָתִ֖/יšənātiy
sleep mynounH8142
מֵֽ/עֵינָֽ/יmēʿēynāy
from eyes mypronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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