Genesis 31:20 Go deeper
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And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. (KJV)
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וַיִּגְנֹ֣בvai.yig.Noand he stole
Lemma: גָּנַב (ga.nav) · Strong's: H1589
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to steal
Used 40 times. Also: Genesis 30:33, Genesis 31:19, Genesis 31:26, Genesis 31:27, Genesis 31:30, Genesis 31:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1589; TAHOT Genesis 31:20 word 1
יַעֲקֹ֔בya.'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 31:20 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 31:20 word 3
לֵ֥בlev[the] heart of
Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: heart
Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Genesis 31:20 word 4
לָבָ֖ןla.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 31:20 word 5
הָאֲרַמִּ֑יha.'a.ra.Mithe Aramean
Lemma: אֲרַמִּי (a.ram.mi) · Strong's: H0761J
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNgmsa)
Meaning: Aramean
Used 6 times. Also: Genesis 25:20, Genesis 28:5, Genesis 31:24, Deuteronomy 26:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0761J; TAHOT Genesis 31:20 word 6
עַל\־'al-on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Genesis 31:20 word 7
בְּלִי֙be.Linot
Lemma: בְּלִי (be.li) · Strong's: H1097
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: without
Used 58 times. Also: Exodus 14:11, Deuteronomy 4:42, Deuteronomy 9:28, Deuteronomy 19:4, Deuteronomy 28:55, Joshua 20:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1097; TAHOT Genesis 31:20 word 8
הִגִּ֣ידhi.Gidhe told
Lemma: נָגַד (na.gad) · Strong's: H5046
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)
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 31:20 word 9
כִּ֥יkithat
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 31:20 word 10
בֹרֵ֖חַvo.Re.ach[was] fleeing
Lemma: בָּרַח (ba.rach) · Strong's: H1272
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to flee
Used 65 times. Also: Genesis 16:6, Genesis 16:8, Genesis 27:43, Genesis 31:21, Genesis 31:22, Genesis 31:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1272; TAHOT Genesis 31:20 word 11
הֽוּא\׃Hu'he
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Genesis 31:20 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Moreover, Jacob | → | יַעֲקֹב H3290 Jacob |
| deceived | → | גָּנַב H1589 to steal |
| . . . | → | לֵב H3820A heart |
| Laban | → | לָבָן H3837A Laban |
| the Aramean | → | אֲרַמִּי H0761J Aramean |
| . . . | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| by not | → | בְּלִי H1097 without |
| telling | → | נָגַד H5046 to tell |
| him | → | |
| that | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| he | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| was running away | → | בָּרַח H1272 to flee |
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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