Genesis 31:41 — King James Version← Study notes
“Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.”
Genesis 31:41 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 31:4119 words
זֶהzehThis
לִּיlîTo
עֶשְׂרִיםʿeśərîmTwenty
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
בְּבֵיתֶךָbəvêteḵāIn a house
עֲבַדְתִּיךָʿăvadətîḵāWork
אַרְבַּעʾarəbaʿFour
עֶשְׂרֵהʿeśərēhTen
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
בִּשְׁתֵּיbišətêIn two
בְנֹתֶיךָvənōteyḵāDaughter
וְשֵׁשׁwəšēšAnd six
שָׁנִיםšānîmYear
בְּצֹאנֶךָbəṣōʾneḵāIn flock
וַתַּחֲלֵףwataḥălēp̄And slide
אֶתʾet—
מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּיmaśəkurətîWages
עֲשֶׂרֶתʿăśeretTen
מֹנִיםmōnîmWeighed out
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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