Genesis
Genesis 31:38
38I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I have | אָנֹכִי֙ | ’ā·nō·ḵî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H595 I |
| been with | עִמָּ֔ךְ | ‘im·māḵ | Preposition; second person feminine singular | H5973 with |
| you for | זֶה֩ | zeh | Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| twenty | עֶשְׂרִ֨ים | ‘eś·rîm | Number - common plural | H6242 (a) twenty |
| years now | שָׁנָ֤ה | šā·nāh | Noun - feminine singular | H8141 year |
| Your sheep | רְחֵלֶ֥יךָ | rə·ḥê·le·ḵā | Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H7353 ewe |
| and goats | וְעִזֶּ֖יךָ | wə·‘iz·ze·ḵā | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H5795 she-goat |
| have not | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| miscarried | שִׁכֵּ֑לוּ | šik·kê·lū | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural | H7921 be bereaved |
| nor have I | לֹ֥א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| eaten | אָכָֽלְתִּי׃ | ’ā·ḵā·lə·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H398 eat |
| the rams | וְאֵילֵ֥י | wə·’ê·lê | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct | H352 ram |
| of your flock | צֹאנְךָ֖ | ṣō·nə·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H6629 small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Ezekiel 34:2–4 · Genesis 30:27 · Genesis 30:30 · Exodus 23:26 · Deuteronomy 28:4
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.