Genesis 31:30 Go deeper
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And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods? (KJV)
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וְעַתָּה֙ve.'a.Tahand now
Lemma: עַתָּ֫ה (at.tah) · Strong's: H6258
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: now
Used 431 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 11:6, Genesis 12:19, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6258; TAHOT Genesis 31:30 word 1
הָלֹ֣ךְha.Lokhcertainly <to go>
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVqaa)
Meaning: to go: went
Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT Genesis 31:30 word 2
הָלַ֔כְתָּha.Lakh.tayou have gone
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
Meaning: to go: went
Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT Genesis 31:30 word 3
כִּֽי\־ki-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 31:30 word 4
נִכְסֹ֥ףnikh.Sofcertainly <to long for>
Lemma: כָּסַף (ka.saph) · Strong's: H3700
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVNaa)
Meaning: to long
Used 6 times. Also: Job 14:15, Psalms 17:12, Psalms 84:2, Zephaniah 2:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3700; TAHOT Genesis 31:30 word 5
נִכְסַ֖פְתָּהnikh.Saf.tahyou longed
Lemma: כָּסַף (ka.saph) · Strong's: H3700
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVNp2ms)
Meaning: to long
Used 6 times. Also: Job 14:15, Psalms 17:12, Psalms 84:2, Zephaniah 2:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3700; TAHOT Genesis 31:30 word 6
לְבֵ֣יתle.Veitfor [the] household of
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004M
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: house: household
Used 664 times. Also: Genesis 7:1, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:15, Genesis 12:17, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 15:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004M; TAHOT Genesis 31:30 word 7
אָבִ֑יךָ'a.Vi.khafather your
Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: father
Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Genesis 31:30 word 8
לָ֥מָּהLa.mah<to> why?
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 31:30 word 9
גָנַ֖בְתָּga.Nav.tadid you steal
Lemma: גָּנַב (ga.nav) · Strong's: H1589
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
Meaning: to steal
Used 40 times. Also: Genesis 30:33, Genesis 31:19, Genesis 31:20, Genesis 31:26, Genesis 31:27, Genesis 31:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1589; TAHOT Genesis 31:30 word 10
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 31:30 word 11
אֱלֹהָֽי\׃'e.lo.Haigods my
Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430J
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: God
Used 215 times. Also: Genesis 31:32, Genesis 35:2, Genesis 35:4, Exodus 12:12, Exodus 18:11, Exodus 20:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0430J; TAHOT Genesis 31:30 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Now | → | עַתָּ֫ה H6258 now |
| you have gone off | → | הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went |
| . . . | → | הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went |
| because | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| you long | → | כָּסַף H3700 to long |
| . . . | → | כָּסַף H3700 to long |
| for your father’s | → | אָב H0001G father |
| house | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004M house: household |
| But why | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| have you stolen | → | גָּנַב H1589 to steal |
| my gods | → | אֱלֹהִים H0430J God |
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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