Genesis 31:8 — King James Version← Study notes
“If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.”
Genesis 31:8 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 31:820 words
אִםʾimLo!
כֹּהkōhLike this
יֹאמַרyōʾmarSay
נְקֻדִּיםnəqudîmSpotted
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
שְׂכָרֶךָśəḵāreḵāPayment of contract
וְיָלְדוּwəyālədûAnd bear young
כָלḵālWhole
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock
נְקֻדִּיםnəqudîmSpotted
וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
כֹּהkōhLike this
יֹאמַרyōʾmarSay
עֲקֻדִּיםʿăqudîmStriped
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
שְׂכָרֶךָśəḵāreḵāPayment of contract
וְיָלְדוּwəyālədûAnd bear young
כָלḵālWhole
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock
עֲקֻדִּיםʿăqudîmStriped
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