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Genesis 31:54 — King James Version← Study notes

Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.


Genesis 31:54Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 31:5412 words
וַיִּזְבַּחwayizəbaḥAnd slaughter
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
זֶבַחzevaḥSlaughter
בָּהָרbāhārIn mountain
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
לְאֶחָיוləʾeḥāywTo brother
לֶאֱכָלleʾĕḵālTo eat
לָחֶםlāḥemFood
וַיֹּאכְלוּwayōʾḵəlûAnd eat
לֶחֶםleḥemFood
וַיָּלִינוּwayālînûAnd stop
בָּהָרbāhārIn mountain
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּזְבַּחwayizəbaḥAnd slaughter
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
זֶבַחzevaḥSlaughter
בָּהָרbāhārIn mountain
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
לְאֶחָיוləʾeḥāywTo brother
לֶאֱכָלleʾĕḵālTo eat
לָחֶםlāḥemFood
וַיֹּאכְלוּwayōʾḵəlûAnd eat
לֶחֶםleḥemFood
וַיָּלִינוּwayālînûAnd stop
בָּהָרbāhārIn mountain

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