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And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be ? (KJV)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Genesis 29:15 word 1

לָבָן֙la.VanLaban

Lemma: לָבָן (la.van) · Strong's: H3837A

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Laban

Used 54 times. Also: Genesis 24:29, Genesis 24:50, Genesis 25:20, Genesis 27:43, Genesis 28:2, Genesis 28:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3837A; TAHOT Genesis 29:15 word 2

לְיַעֲקֹ֔בle.ya.'a.Koto Jacob

Lemma: יַעֲקֹב (ya.a.qov) · Strong's: H3290

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Jacob

Used 350 times. Also: Genesis 25:26, Genesis 25:27, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 25:29, Genesis 25:30, Genesis 25:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3290; TAHOT Genesis 29:15 word 3

הֲכִי\־ha.khi-¿ for

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Genesis 29:15 word 4

אָחִ֣י'a.Chirelative my

Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: brother: male-relative

Used 133 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 16:12, Genesis 24:27, Genesis 24:48 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0251H; TAHOT Genesis 29:15 word 5

אַ֔תָּה'A.tah[are] you

Lemma: אַתָּ֫ה (at.tah) · Strong's: H0859A

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Second · Masculine · Singular (HPp2ms)

Meaning: you(m.s.)

Used 739 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:15, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 4:7, Genesis 4:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0859A; TAHOT Genesis 29:15 word 6

וַעֲבַדְתַּ֖נִיva.'a.vad.Ta.niand you will serve me

Lemma: עָבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H5647G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqq2ms)

Meaning: to serve

Used 97 times. Also: Genesis 14:4, Genesis 15:13, Genesis 15:14, Genesis 25:23, Genesis 27:29, Genesis 27:40 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5647G; TAHOT Genesis 29:15 word 7

חִנָּ֑םchi.Namfor nothing

Lemma: חִנָּם (chin.nam) · Strong's: H2600

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: for nothing

Used 32 times. Also: Exodus 21:2, Exodus 21:11, Numbers 11:5, 1 Samuel 19:5, 1 Samuel 25:31, 2 Samuel 24:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2600; TAHOT Genesis 29:15 word 8

הַגִּ֥ידָהha.Gi.dahtell !

Lemma: נָגַד (na.gad) · Strong's: H5046

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhv2ms)

Meaning: to tell

Used 369 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 22:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5046; TAHOT Genesis 29:15 word 9

מַה\־mah-what?

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Genesis 29:15 word 10

מַּשְׂכֻּרְתֶּֽךָ\׃mas.kur.Te.kha[is] wage[s] your

Lemma: מַשְׂכֹּ֫רֶת (mas.ko.ret) · Strong's: H4909

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: wage

Used 4 times. Also: Genesis 31:7, Genesis 31:41, Ruth 2:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4909; TAHOT Genesis 29:15 word 11

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Laban	→	לָבָן H3837A Laban
said	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
to him	→	יַעֲקֹב H3290 Jacob
Just because	→	כִּי H3588A for
you are	→	אַתָּ֫ה H0859A you(m.s.)
my relative	→	אָח H0251H brother: male-relative
should you work	→	עָבַד H5647G to serve
for nothing	→	חִנָּם H2600 for nothing
Tell	→	נָגַד H5046 to tell
me	→
what	→	מָה H4100 what?
your wages should be	→	מַשְׂכֹּ֫רֶת H4909 wage

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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