Genesis
Genesis 31:1
1Now Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father’s expense.”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now Jacob heard | וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע | way·yiš·ma‘ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H8085 hear |
| that Laban’s | לָבָן֙ | lā·ḇān | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3837 Laban |
| sons | בְנֵֽי־ | ḇə·nê- | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
| were saying | דִּבְרֵ֤י | diḇ·rê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1697 speech, word |
| Jacob | יַעֲקֹ֔ב | ya·‘ă·qōḇ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3290 Jacob |
| has taken away | לָקַ֣ח | lā·qaḥ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H3947 take |
| all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| that | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| our father | לְאָבִ֑ינוּ | lə·’ā·ḇî·nū | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common plural | H1 father |
| and built | עָשָׂ֕ה | ‘ā·śāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| this | הַזֶּֽה׃ | haz·zeh | Article; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| wealth | הַכָּבֹ֖ד | hak·kā·ḇōḏ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3519 abundance, honour, glory |
| at | וּמֵאֲשֶׁ֣ר | ū·mê·’ă·šer | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| our father’s expense | לְאָבִ֔ינוּ | lə·’ā·ḇî·nū | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common plural | H1 father |
Cross-references
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Ecclesiastes 4:4 · Ezekiel 16:44 · 1 Timothy 6:4 · Genesis 45:13 · Job 31:31 · Jeremiah 9:23 · Proverbs 27:4 · Esther 5:11 · Psalm 64:3–4 · Psalm 49:16–17 · Psalm 120:3–5 · Psalm 57:4
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.