Genesis 31:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.”

Genesis 31:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 31:516 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer

and he saidconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

לָ/הֶ֗ןlāhen

pron

רֹאֶ֤הrōʾeh

am seeingverbH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

אָנֹכִי֙ʾānōkiy

IprepH595

me · which

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

פְּנֵ֣יpənēy

the face ofnounH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

אֲבִי/כֶ֔ןʾăbiyken

father yournounH1

father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'

כִּֽיkiy

thatconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

אֵינֶ֥/נּוּʾēynenw

not is heparticleH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

אֵלַ֖/יʾēlay

to mepronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

כִּ/תְמֹ֣לkitəmōl

as yesterdaypronH8543

before · these days · heretofore · time past

שִׁלְשֹׁ֑םšiləšōm

three days agonounH8032

before (that time · excellent things · heretofore · three days ···

וֵֽ/אלֹהֵ֣יwēʾlōhēy

and the God ofconjH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

אָבִ֔/יʾābiy

father mynounH1

father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'

הָיָ֖הhāyāh

he has beenverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

עִמָּדִֽ/יʿimādiy

with mepronH5978

by · from · me · mine ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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