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Genesis 31:1

וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע
shâmaʻ
and — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
אֶת
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
דִּבְרֵ֤י
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
בְנֵֽי
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
לָבָן֙
Lâbân
Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert
לֵאמֹ֔ר
ʼâmar
to/for — to say (used with great latitude)
לָקַ֣ח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
יַעֲקֹ֔ב
Yaʻăqôb
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
אֵ֖ת
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
כָּל
kôl
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
לְאָבִ֑ינוּ
ʼâb
to/for — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
וּמֵאֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
and from — who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
לְאָבִ֔ינוּ
ʼâb
to/for — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
עָשָׂ֕ה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
אֵ֥ת
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
כָּל
kôl
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
הַכָּבֹ֖ד
kâbôwd
the — properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
הַזֶּֽה
zeh
the — the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
Genesis 31:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying: “Jacob has taken away everything that was our father’s, and from what belonged to our father he has acquired all this wealth and honor.”
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Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying: “Jacob has taken away everything that was our father’s, and from what belonged to our father he has acquired all this wealth and honor.”
Genesis 31:1
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