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Genesis 31:43 — King James Version← Study notes

And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?


Genesis 31:43Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 31:4326 words
וַיַּעַןwayaʿanAnd eye
לָבָןlāvānLaban
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
הַבָּנוֹתhabānwōtThe daughter
בְּנֹתַיbənōtayDaughter
וְהַבָּנִיםwəhabānîmAnd the son
בָּנַיbānaySon
וְהַצֹּאןwəhaṣōʾnAnd the flock
צֹאנִיṣōʾnîFlock
וְכֹלwəḵōlAnd whole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
רֹאֶהrōʾehSee
לִיTo
הוּאhûʾHe
וְלִבְנֹתַיwəlivənōtayAnd to daughter
מָהmāhWhat?
אֶעֱשֶׂהʾeʿĕśehDo
לָאֵלֶּהlāʾēlehTo these
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
אוֹʾwōDesire
לִבְנֵיהֶןlivənêhenTo son
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יָלָדוּyālādûBear young
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּעַןwayaʿanAnd eye
לָבָןlāvānLaban
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
הַבָּנוֹתhabānwōtThe daughter
בְּנֹתַיbənōtayDaughter
וְהַבָּנִיםwəhabānîmAnd the son
בָּנַיbānaySon
וְהַצֹּאןwəhaṣōʾnAnd the flock
צֹאנִיṣōʾnîFlock
וְכֹלwəḵōlAnd whole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
רֹאֶהrōʾehSee
לִיTo
הוּאhûʾHe
וְלִבְנֹתַיwəlivənōtayAnd to daughter
מָהmāhWhat?
אֶעֱשֶׂהʾeʿĕśehDo
לָאֵלֶּהlāʾēlehTo these
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
אוֹʾwōDesire
לִבְנֵיהֶןlivənêhenTo son
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יָלָדוּyālādûBear young

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