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Genesis 31:46 — King James Version← Study notes

And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.


Genesis 31:46Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 31:4613 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
לְאֶחָיוləʾeḥāywTo brother
לִקְטוּliqəṭûPick
אֲבָנִיםʾăvānîmStone
וַיִּקְחוּwayiqəḥûAnd take
אֲבָנִיםʾăvānîmStone
וַיַּעֲשׂוּwayaʿăśûAnd do
גָלgālRolled
וַיֹּאכְלוּwayōʾḵəlûAnd eat
שָׁםšāmThere
עַלʿalAbove
הַגָּלhagālThe rolled
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
לְאֶחָיוləʾeḥāywTo brother
לִקְטוּliqəṭûPick
אֲבָנִיםʾăvānîmStone
וַיִּקְחוּwayiqəḥûAnd take
אֲבָנִיםʾăvānîmStone
וַיַּעֲשׂוּwayaʿăśûAnd do
גָלgālRolled
וַיֹּאכְלוּwayōʾḵəlûAnd eat
שָׁםšāmThere
עַלʿalAbove
הַגָּלhagālThe rolled

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