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 31:42 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 31:4222 words
לוּלֵיlûlêIf not
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
אָבִיʾāvîFather
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
וּפַחַדûp̄aḥadAnd alarm
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
הָיָהhāyāhExist
לִיlîTo
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
עַתָּהʿatāhAt this time
רֵיקָםrêqāmEmptily
שִׁלַּחְתָּנִיšilaḥətānîSend
אֶתʾet—
עָנְיִיʿānəyîDepression
וְאֶתwəʾet—
יְגִיעַyəgîʿaToil
כַּפַּיkapayHollow hand
רָאָהrāʾāhSee
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
וַיּוֹכַחwaywōḵaḥAnd be right
אָמֶשׁʾāmešYesterday
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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