Genesis

Genesis 31:8–9

⁸If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore speckled offspring. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore streaked offspring. ⁹Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.

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Genesis 31:8

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
he said	יֹאמַ֗ר	yō·mar	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
The speckled	נְקֻדִּים֙	nə·qud·dîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H5348 speckled
will be	יִהְיֶ֣ה	yih·yeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
your wages	שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָ	śə·ḵā·re·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H7939 hire, wages
then the whole	כָל־	ḵāl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
flock	הַצֹּ֖אן	haṣ·ṣōn	Article; Noun - common singular	H6629 small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks
bore	וְיָלְד֥וּ	wə·yā·lə·ḏū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
speckled offspring	נְקֻדִּ֑ים	nə·qud·dîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H5348 speckled
If	וְאִם־	wə·’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
he said	יֹאמַ֗ר	yō·mar	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
The streaked	עֲקֻדִּים֙	‘ă·qud·dîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H6124 striped, streaked
will be	יִהְיֶ֣ה	yih·yeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
your wages	שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָ	śə·ḵā·re·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H7939 hire, wages
then the whole	כָל־	ḵāl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
flock	הַצֹּ֖אן	haṣ·ṣōn	Article; Noun - common singular	H6629 small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks
bore	וְיָלְד֥וּ	wə·yā·lə·ḏū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
streaked offspring	עֲקֻדִּֽים׃	‘ă·qud·dîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H6124 striped, streaked

Genesis 31:9

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Thus God	אֱלֹהִ֛ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
has taken away	וַיַּצֵּ֧ל	way·yaṣ·ṣêl	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5337 strip, plunder
your father’s	אֲבִיכֶ֖ם	’ă·ḇî·ḵem	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine plural	H1 father
livestock	מִקְנֵ֥ה	miq·nêh	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4735 cattle
and given	וַיִּתֶּן־	way·yit·ten-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
to me	לִֽי׃	lî	Preposition; first person common singular

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Genesis 31:8 Genesis 30:32

Genesis 31:9 Genesis 31:1 · Genesis 31:16 · Proverbs 13:22 · Psalm 50:10 · Matthew 20:15 · Esther 8:1–2

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.