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And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. (KJV)
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וַיַּ֥רְאvai.Yar'and he saw
Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to see: see
Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Genesis 31:2 word 1
יַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoJacob
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 31:2 word 2
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Genesis 31:2 word 3
פְּנֵ֣יpe.Nei[the] face of
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440L
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face of
Used 96 times. Also: Genesis 16:8, Genesis 24:12, Genesis 27:20, Genesis 30:33, Genesis 31:21, Genesis 32:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440L; TAHOT Genesis 31:2 word 4
לָבָ֑ןla.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 31:2 word 5
וְהִנֵּ֥הve.hi.Nehand there!
Lemma: הִנֵּה (hin.neh) · Strong's: H2009
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: behold
Used 841 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:31, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 8:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2009; TAHOT Genesis 31:2 word 6
אֵינֶ֛נּוּ'ei.ne.Nunot [was] he
Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nothing
Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Genesis 31:2 word 7
עִמּ֖וֹi.Mowith him
Lemma: עִם (im) · Strong's: H5973A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: with
Used 980 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5973A; TAHOT Genesis 31:2 word 8
כִּתְמ֥וֹלkit.Molas yesterday
Lemma: תְּמוֹל (te.mol) · Strong's: H8543
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: yesterday
Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 31:5, Exodus 4:10, Exodus 5:7, Exodus 5:8, Exodus 5:14, Exodus 21:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8543; TAHOT Genesis 31:2 word 9
שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם\׃shil.Shomthree days ago
Lemma: שִׁלְשֹׁם (shil.shom) · Strong's: H8032
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: three days ago
Used 24 times. Also: Genesis 31:5, Exodus 4:10, Exodus 5:7, Exodus 5:8, Exodus 5:14, Exodus 21:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8032; TAHOT Genesis 31:2 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And Jacob | → | יַעֲקֹב H3290 Jacob |
| saw | → | רָאָה H7200G to see: see |
| from the countenance | → | פָּנֶה H6440L face of |
| of Laban | → | לָבָן H3837A Laban |
| . . . | → | הִנֵּה H2009 behold |
| that his attitude toward | → | עִם H5973A with |
| him | → | תְּמוֹל H8543 yesterday |
| . . . | → | שִׁלְשֹׁם H8032 three days ago |
| had changed | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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