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Genesis 31:7 — King James Version← Study notes

And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.


Genesis 31:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 31:713 words
וַאֲבִיכֶןwaʾăvîḵenAnd father
הֵתֶלhētelDeride
בִּיIn
וְהֶחֱלִףwəheḥĕlip̄And slide
אֶתʾet
מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּיmaśəkurətîWages
עֲשֶׂרֶתʿăśeretTen
מֹנִיםmōnîmWeighed out
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
נְתָנוֹnətānwōGive
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
לְהָרַעləhāraʿTo spoil
עִמָּדִיʿimādîAlong with
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַאֲבִיכֶןwaʾăvîḵenAnd father
הֵתֶלhētelDeride
בִּיIn
וְהֶחֱלִףwəheḥĕlip̄And slide
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּיmaśəkurətîWages
עֲשֶׂרֶתʿăśeretTen
מֹנִיםmōnîmWeighed out
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
נְתָנוֹnətānwōGive
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
לְהָרַעləhāraʿTo spoil
עִמָּדִיʿimādîAlong with

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