Genesis

Genesis 31:26

²⁶Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war!

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then Laban	לָבָן֙	lā·ḇān	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3837 Laban
said	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to Jacob	לְיַעֲקֹ֔ב	lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3290 Jacob
What	מֶ֣ה	meh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
have you done	עָשִׂ֔יתָ	‘ā·śî·ṯā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
You have deceived	וַתִּגְנֹ֖ב	wat·tiḡ·nōḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular	H1589 steal
me	אֶת־	’eṯ-	Direct object marker	H853 mark of the accusative
and carried off my daughters	בְּנֹתַ֔י	bə·nō·ṯay	Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular	H1323 daughter
like captives	כִּשְׁבֻי֖וֹת	kiš·ḇu·yō·wṯ	Preposition-k; Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine plural construct	H7617 take captive
of war	חָֽרֶב׃	ḥā·reḇ	Noun - feminine singular	H2719 sword

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