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Genesis 31:42 — King James Version← Study notes

Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.


Genesis 31:42Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 31:4222 words
לוּלֵיlûlêIf not
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
אָבִיʾāvîFather
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
וּפַחַדûp̄aḥadAnd alarm
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
הָיָהhāyāhExist
לִיTo
כִּיRelative conjunction
עַתָּהʿatāhAt this time
רֵיקָםrêqāmEmptily
שִׁלַּחְתָּנִיšilaḥətānîSend
אֶתʾet
עָנְיִיʿānəyîDepression
וְאֶתwəʾet
יְגִיעַyəgîʿaToil
כַּפַּיkapayHollow hand
רָאָהrāʾāhSee
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
וַיּוֹכַחwaywōḵaḥAnd be right
אָמֶשׁʾāmešYesterday
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לוּלֵיlûlêIf not
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
אָבִיʾāvîFather
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
וּפַחַדûp̄aḥadAnd alarm
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
הָיָהhāyāhExist
לִיTo
כִּיRelative conjunction
עַתָּהʿatāhAt this time
רֵיקָםrêqāmEmptily
שִׁלַּחְתָּנִיšilaḥətānîSend
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
עָנְיִיʿānəyîDepression
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
יְגִיעַyəgîʿaToil
כַּפַּיkapayHollow hand
רָאָהrāʾāhSee
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
וַיּוֹכַחwaywōḵaḥAnd be right
אָמֶשׁʾāmešYesterday

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