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 31:40 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 31:409 words
הָיִיתִיhāyîtîExist
בַיּוֹםvaywōmIn day
אֲכָלַנִיʾăḵālanîEat
חֹרֶבḥōrevDrought
וְקֶרַחwəqeraḥAnd ice
בַּלָּיְלָהbalāyəlāhIn twist
וַתִּדַּדwatidadAnd wave
שְׁנָתִיšənātîSleep
מֵעֵינָיmēʿênāyFrom eye
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