Genesis 31:26 Go deeper
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And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? (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 31:26 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 31:26 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 31:26 word 3
מֶ֣הmehwhat?
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 31:26 word 4
עָשִׂ֔יתָ'a.Si.tahave you done
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
Meaning: to make: do
Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT Genesis 31:26 word 5
וַתִּגְנֹ֖בva.tig.Noand you have stolen
Lemma: גָּנַב (ga.nav) · Strong's: H1589
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqw2ms)
Meaning: to steal
Used 40 times. Also: Genesis 30:33, Genesis 31:19, Genesis 31:20, Genesis 31:27, Genesis 31:30, Genesis 31:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1589; TAHOT Genesis 31:26 word 6
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 31:26 word 7
לְבָבִ֑יle.va.Viheart my
Lemma: לֵבָב (le.vav) · Strong's: H3824
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: heart
Used 252 times. Also: Genesis 20:5, Genesis 20:6, Exodus 14:5, Leviticus 19:17, Leviticus 26:36, Leviticus 26:41 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3824; TAHOT Genesis 31:26 word 8
וַתְּנַהֵג֙va.te.na.Hegand you have led away
Lemma: נָהַג (na.hag) · Strong's: H5090A
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpw2ms)
Meaning: to lead
Used 30 times. Also: Genesis 31:18, Exodus 3:1, Exodus 10:13, Exodus 14:25, Deuteronomy 4:27, Deuteronomy 28:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5090A; TAHOT Genesis 31:26 word 9
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 31:26 word 10
בְּנֹתַ֔יbe.no.Taidaughters my
Lemma: בַּת (bat) · Strong's: H1323G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: daughter
Used 539 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1323G; TAHOT Genesis 31:26 word 11
כִּשְׁבֻי֖וֹתkish.vu.Yotlike captives of
Lemma: שָׁבָה (sha.vah) · Strong's: H7617
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HVqsfpc)
Meaning: to take captive
Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 14:14, Genesis 34:29, Exodus 22:10, Numbers 21:1, Numbers 24:22, Numbers 31:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7617; TAHOT Genesis 31:26 word 12
חָֽרֶב\׃Cha.rev[the] sword
Lemma: חֶ֫רֶב (che.rev) · Strong's: H2719
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: sword
Used 412 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 27:40, Genesis 34:25, Genesis 34:26, Genesis 48:22, Exodus 5:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2719; TAHOT Genesis 31:26 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then Laban | → | לָבָן H3837A Laban |
| said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| to Jacob | → | יַעֲקֹב H3290 Jacob |
| What | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| have you done | → | עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do |
| You have deceived | → | גָּנַב H1589 to steal |
| me | → | אֵת H0853 [Obj.] |
| . . . | → | לֵבָב H3824 heart |
| and carried off my daughters | → | בַּת H1323G daughter |
| . . . | → | נָהַג H5090A to lead |
| like captives | → | שָׁבָה H7617 to take captive |
| of war | → | חֶ֫רֶב H2719 sword |
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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