Genesis 31:49 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Mizpah; for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.”

Genesis 31:49 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 31:4911 words

וְהַמִּצְפָּהwəhamiṣəpāhAnd the Mitspah

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אָמַרʾāmarSay

יִצֶףyiṣep̄Lean

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

בֵּינִיbênîBetween

וּבֵינֶךָûvêneḵāAnd between

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

נִסָּתֵרnisātērHide

אִישׁʾîšMan

מֵרֵעֵהוּmērēʿēhûFrom associate

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהַמִּצְפָּהwəhamiṣəpāhAnd the Mitspah

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אָמַרʾāmarSay

יִצֶףyiṣep̄Lean

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

בֵּינִיbênîBetween

וּבֵינֶךָûvêneḵāAnd between

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

נִסָּתֵרnisātērHide

אִישׁʾîšMan

מֵרֵעֵהוּmērēʿēhûFrom associate

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