Genesis
Genesis 29:27
27Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | מַלֵּ֖א | mal·lê | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular | H4390 be full, fill |
| this | זֹ֑את | zōṯ | Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| week’s celebration | שְׁבֻ֣עַ | šə·ḇu·a‘ | Noun - masculine singular construct | H7620 period of seven |
| and we will give | וְנִתְּנָ֨ה | wə·nit·tə·nāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural | H5414 give, put, set |
| you | לְךָ֜ | lə·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | |
| the younger one | זֹ֗את | zōṯ | Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| in return for | תַּעֲבֹ֣ד | ta·‘ă·ḇōḏ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H5647 work, serve |
| another | אֲחֵרֽוֹת׃ | ’ă·ḥê·rō·wṯ | Adjective - feminine plural | H312 another |
| seven | שֶֽׁבַע־ | še·ḇa‘- | Number - feminine singular | H7651 seven |
| years | שָׁנִ֥ים | šā·nîm | Noun - feminine plural | H8141 year |
| of work | בַּעֲבֹדָה֙ | ba·‘ă·ḇō·ḏāh | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular | H5656 labour, service |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Leviticus 18:18 · Judges 14:12 · Judges 14:10 · Malachi 2:15 · Genesis 2:2–3 · Genesis 8:10–12
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.