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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
הָיִיתִיhāyîtîExist
בַיּוֹםvaywōmIn day
אֲכָלַנִיʾăḵālanîEat
חֹרֶבḥōrevDrought
וְקֶרַחwəqeraḥAnd ice
בַּלָּיְלָהbalāyəlāhIn twist
וַתִּדַּדwatidadAnd wave
שְׁנָתִיšənātîSleep
מֵעֵינָיmēʿênāyFrom eye
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

הָיִיתִיhāyîtîExist
בַיּוֹםvaywōmIn day
אֲכָלַנִיʾăḵālanîEat
חֹרֶבḥōrevDrought
וְקֶרַחwəqeraḥAnd ice
בַּלָּיְלָהbalāyəlāhIn twist
וַתִּדַּדwatidadAnd wave
שְׁנָתִיšənātîSleep
מֵעֵינָיmēʿênāyFrom eye

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