Genesis 31:39

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{ "verseID": "Genesis.31.39", "source": "טְרֵפָה לֹא־הֵבֵאתִי אֵלֶיךָ אָנֹכִי אֲחַטֶּנָּה מִיָּדִי תְּבַקְשֶׁנָּה גְּנֻבְתִי יוֹם וּגְנֻבְתִי לָיְלָה", "text": "*ṭerēpāh* not-*hēbēʾtî* to you *ʾānōkî* *ʾaḥaṭṭennāh* from *yādî* *tebaqqešennāh* *genubetî* day and *genubetî* night", "grammar": { "*ṭerēpāh*": "noun, feminine singular - torn animal/animal killed by wild beasts", "*hēbēʾtî*": "hiphil perfect 1st person singular - I brought", "*ʾānōkî*": "personal pronoun 1st person singular - I", "*ʾaḥaṭṭennāh*": "piel imperfect 1st person singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - I would bear its loss", "*yādî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my hand", "*tebaqqešennāh*": "piel imperfect 2nd masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - you required it", "*genubetî*": "passive participle feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my stolen [animal/property]" }, "variants": { "*ṭerēpāh*": "torn animal/prey/animal killed by wild beasts", "*ʾaḥaṭṭennāh*": "bore its loss/made it good/paid for it", "*tebaqqešennāh*": "required it/sought it/demanded it", "*genubetî*": "my stolen [animal/property]" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

טְרֵפָה לֹא־הֵבֵאתִי אֵלֶיךָ אָנֹכִי אֲחַטֶּנָּה מִיָּדִי תְּבַקְשֶׁנָּה גְּנֻבְתִי יוֹם וּגְנֻבְתִי לָיְלָה

Transliteration

ṭerēpāh not-hēbēʾtî to you ʾānōkî ʾaḥaṭṭennāh from yādî tebaqqešennāh genubetî day and genubetî night

Grammar Details

• *ṭerēpāh*: noun, feminine singular - torn animal/animal killed by wild beasts
• *hēbēʾtî*: hiphil perfect 1st person singular - I brought
• *ʾānōkî*: personal pronoun 1st person singular - I
• *ʾaḥaṭṭennāh*: piel imperfect 1st person singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - I would bear its loss
• *yādî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my hand
• *tebaqqešennāh*: piel imperfect 2nd masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - you required it
• *genubetî*: passive participle feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my stolen [animal/property]

Word Meanings

• *ṭerēpāh*: torn animal/prey/animal killed by wild beasts
• *ʾaḥaṭṭennāh*: bore its loss/made it good/paid for it
• *tebaqqešennāh*: required it/sought it/demanded it
• *genubetî*: my stolen [animal/property]

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I did not bring you animals torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for whatever was stolen by day or night.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  That which was torn by beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it; from my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or by night.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  That which was torn{H2966} of beasts I brought{H935} not unto thee; I bare the loss{H2398} of it; of my hand{H3027} didst thou require{H1245} it, whether stolen{H1589} by day{H3117} or stolen{H1589} by night.{H3915}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  That which was torn{H2966} of beasts I brought{H935}{(H8689)} not unto thee; I bare the loss{H2398}{(H8762)} of it; of my hand{H3027} didst thou require{H1245}{(H8762)} it, whether stolen{H1589}{(H8803)} by day{H3117}, or stolen{H1589}{(H8803)} by night{H3915}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  What soeuer was torne of beastes I broughte it not vnto ye but made it good mysilf: of my hade dydest thou requyre it whether it was stollen by daye or nyght

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Loke what was torne of beastes, I brought it not vnto ye, I was fayne to paie it my self: thou requyredest it of my hande, whether it were stollen fro me by daye or by night.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Whatsoeuer was torne of beasts, I brought it not vnto thee, but made it good my selfe: of mine hand diddest thou require it, were it stollen by day or stollen by night.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Whatsoeuer was torne of beastes I brought it not vnto thee, but made it good my selfe: of my hande diddest thou require it that was stolen by day or nyght.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  That which was torn [of beasts] I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, [whether] stolen by day, or stolen by night.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  That which was torn of animals, I didn't bring to you. I bore the loss of it. Of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  the torn I have not brought in unto thee -- I, I repay it -- from my hand thou dost seek it; I have been deceived by day, and I have been deceived by night;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Anything which was wounded by beasts I did not take to you, but myself made up for the loss of it; you made me responsible for whatever was taken by thieves, by day or by night.

• World English Bible (2000)

  That which was torn of animals, I didn't bring to you. I bore its loss. Of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Animals torn by wild beasts I never brought to you; I always absorbed the loss myself. You always made me pay for every missing animal, whether it was taken by day or at night.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 22:10-13 : 10 { "verseID": "Exodus.22.10", "source": "שְׁבֻעַ֣ת יְהוָ֗ה תִּהְיֶה֙ בֵּ֣ין שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם אִם־לֹ֥א שָׁלַ֛ח יָד֖וֹ בִּמְלֶ֣אכֶת רֵעֵ֑הוּ וְלָקַ֥ח בְּעָלָ֖יו וְלֹ֥א יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃", "text": "*Šĕbuʿat YHWH tihyeh* between *šĕnêhem* if not *šālaḥ yādô* into *mĕleʾket rēʿēhû*, and *wĕlāqaḥ bĕʿālāyw* and not *yĕšallēm*.", "grammar": { "*Šĕbuʿat*": "feminine singular construct, 'oath of'", "YHWH": "divine name", "*tihyeh*": "qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular, 'it shall be'", "*šĕnêhem*": "masculine dual noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix, 'both of them'", "*šālaḥ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular, 'sent/put'", "*yādô*": "feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix, 'his hand'", "*mĕleʾket*": "feminine singular construct, 'work/property of'", "*rēʿēhû*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix, 'his neighbor'", "*wĕlāqaḥ*": "qal perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular, 'and he shall take'", "*bĕʿālāyw*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix, 'its owners'", "*yĕšallēm*": "piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, 'he shall repay'" }, "variants": { "*Šĕbuʿat YHWH*": "oath of YHWH/swearing by YHWH", "*šālaḥ yādô*": "put forth his hand/misappropriated/took", "*wĕlāqaḥ bĕʿālāyw*": "the owner shall accept/take it" } } 11 { "verseID": "Exodus.22.11", "source": "וְאִם־גָּנֹ֥ב יִגָּנֵ֖ב מֵעִמּ֑וֹ יְשַׁלֵּ֖ם לִבְעָלָֽיו׃", "text": "And if *gānōb yiggānēb* from with him, *yĕšallēm libʿālāyw*.", "grammar": { "*gānōb yiggānēb*": "niphal infinitive absolute + niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, 'is surely stolen'", "*yĕšallēm*": "piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, 'he shall repay'", "*libʿālāyw*": "preposition + masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix, 'to its owners'" }, "variants": { "*gānōb yiggānēb*": "is surely stolen/certainly taken/definitely stolen", "*libʿālāyw*": "to its owner/to the owner" } } 12 { "verseID": "Exodus.22.12", "source": "אִם־טָרֹ֥ף יִטָּרֵ֖ף יְבִאֵ֣הוּ עֵ֑ד הַטְּרֵפָ֖ה לֹ֥א יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃", "text": "If *ṭārōp yiṭṭārēp*, *yĕbîʾēhû ʿēd*; the *ṭĕrēpâ* not *yĕšallēm*.", "grammar": { "*ṭārōp yiṭṭārēp*": "niphal infinitive absolute + niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, 'is surely torn'", "*yĕbîʾēhû*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix, 'he shall bring it'", "*ʿēd*": "masculine singular noun, 'witness/evidence'", "*ṭĕrēpâ*": "definite feminine singular noun, 'torn thing'", "*yĕšallēm*": "piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, 'he shall repay'" }, "variants": { "*ṭārōp yiṭṭārēp*": "is surely torn/certainly mauled by beast", "*yĕbîʾēhû ʿēd*": "he shall bring it as evidence/witness" } } 13 { "verseID": "Exodus.22.13", "source": "וְכִֽי־יִשְׁאַ֥ל אִ֛ישׁ מֵעִ֥ם רֵעֵ֖הוּ וְנִשְׁבַּ֣ר אוֹ־מֵ֑ת בְּעָלָ֥יו אֵין־עִמּ֖וֹ שַׁלֵּ֥ם יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃", "text": "And when *yišʾal ʾîš* from with *rēʿēhû* and *wĕnišbar* or-*mēt*, *bĕʿālāyw ʾên*-with him, *šallēm yĕšallēm*.", "grammar": { "*yišʾal*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, 'borrows'", "*ʾîš*": "masculine singular noun, 'man'", "*rēʿēhû*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix, 'his neighbor'", "*wĕnišbar*": "niphal perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular, 'and it is broken'", "*mēt*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular, 'dies'", "*bĕʿālāyw*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix, 'its owners'", "*ʾên*": "particle of negation, 'is not'", "*šallēm yĕšallēm*": "piel infinitive absolute + piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, 'he shall surely repay'" }, "variants": { "*yišʾal*": "borrows/asks for", "*wĕnišbar*": "is broken/injured/harmed" } }
• Lev 22:8 : 8 { "verseID": "Leviticus.22.8", "source": "נְבֵלָ֧ה וּטְרֵפָ֛ה לֹ֥א יֹאכַ֖ל לְטָמְאָה־בָ֑הּ אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה׃", "text": "*nəbēlāh* *û-ṭərēpāh* *lōʾ* *yōʾkal* *lə-ṭomʾāh*-*bāh* *ʾănî* *YHWH*", "grammar": { "*nəbēlāh*": "noun feminine singular - carcass, corpse", "*û-ṭərēpāh*": "conjunction + noun feminine singular - and torn animal", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*yōʾkal*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he shall eat", "*lə-ṭomʾāh*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to become unclean", "*bāh*": "preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - by it", "*ʾănî*": "1st person singular pronoun - I", "*YHWH*": "proper noun, divine name - LORD" }, "variants": { "*nəbēlāh*": "carcass, corpse, animal that died naturally", "*ṭərēpāh*": "torn animal, animal killed by beasts", "*yōʾkal*": "shall eat, may eat, consume", "*lə-ṭomʾāh*-*bāh*": "to become unclean by it, to be defiled through it" } }
• 1 Sam 17:34-35 : 34 { "verseID": "1 Samuel.17.34", "source": "וַיֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ אֶל־שָׁא֔וּל רֹעֶ֨ה הָיָ֧ה עַבְדְּךָ֛ לְאָבִ֖יו בַּצֹּ֑אן וּבָ֤א הָֽאֲרִי֙ וְאֶת־הַדּ֔וֹב וְנָשָׂ֥א שֶׂ֖ה מֵהָעֵֽדֶר׃", "text": "And *wayyōʾmer* *dāwid* to-*šāʾûl*, \"*rōʿeh* *hāyâ* *ʿabdəkā* to-*ʾābîw* with-the-*ṣōʾn*, and-*bāʾ* the-*ʾărî* and-*ʾet*-the-*dôb*, and-*nāśāʾ* *śeh* from-the-*ʿēder*.\"", "grammar": { "*wayyōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + 3rd masculine singular Qal imperfect of *ʾmr* - and he said", "*dāwid*": "proper noun - David", "*šāʾûl*": "proper noun - Saul", "*rōʿeh*": "Qal active participle of *rʿh*, masculine singular - shepherding", "*hāyâ*": "3rd masculine singular Qal perfect of *hyh* - was", "*ʿabdəkā*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your servant", "*ʾābîw*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his father", "*ṣōʾn*": "noun, common singular collective - flock/sheep", "*bāʾ*": "3rd masculine singular Qal perfect of *bwʾ* - came", "*ʾărî*": "noun, masculine singular - lion", "*dôb*": "noun, masculine singular - bear", "*nāśāʾ*": "3rd masculine singular Qal perfect of *nśʾ* - carried/took", "*śeh*": "noun, masculine singular - sheep/lamb", "*ʿēder*": "noun, masculine singular - flock" }, "variants": { "*rōʿeh*": "shepherd/one who tends", "*ṣōʾn*": "sheep/flock/small livestock", "*ʾărî*": "lion/predator", "*dôb*": "bear/predator", "*nāśāʾ*": "took/carried/lifted", "*śeh*": "lamb/sheep/one of the flock", "*ʿēder*": "flock/herd" } } 35 { "verseID": "1 Samuel.17.35", "source": "וְיָצָ֧אתִי אַחֲרָ֛יו וְהִכִּתִ֖יו וְהִצַּ֣לְתִּי מִפִּ֑יו וַיָּ֣קָם עָלַ֔י וְהֶחֱזַ֙קְתִּי֙ בִּזְקָנ֔וֹ וְהִכִּתִ֖יו וַהֲמִיתִּֽיו׃", "text": "And-*yāṣāʾtî* after-him and-*hikkîtîw* and-*hiṣṣaltî* from-*pîw*; and-*wayyāqom* against-me and-*heḥĕzaqtî* by-*zəqānô* and-*hikkîtîw* and-*hămîttîw*.", "grammar": { "*yāṣāʾtî*": "1st singular Qal perfect of *yṣʾ* - I went out", "*hikkîtîw*": "1st singular Hiphil perfect of *nkh* + 3rd masculine singular suffix - I struck him", "*hiṣṣaltî*": "1st singular Hiphil perfect of *nṣl* - I rescued/delivered", "*pîw*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - its mouth", "*wayyāqom*": "waw consecutive + 3rd masculine singular Qal imperfect of *qwm* - and he rose", "*heḥĕzaqtî*": "1st singular Hiphil perfect of *ḥzq* - I seized/grasped", "*zəqānô*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his beard", "*hămîttîw*": "1st singular Hiphil perfect of *mwt* + 3rd masculine singular suffix - I killed him" }, "variants": { "*yāṣāʾtî*": "went out/pursued/chased", "*hikkîtîw*": "struck him/attacked him/hit him", "*hiṣṣaltî*": "rescued/delivered/saved", "*pîw*": "his mouth/its jaws", "*wayyāqom*": "rose up/stood up/attacked", "*heḥĕzaqtî*": "seized/grasped firmly/took hold of", "*zəqānô*": "his beard/its mane", "*hămîttîw*": "killed him/put him to death" } }
• Luke 2:8 : 8 { "verseID": "Luke.2.8", "source": "Καὶ ποιμένες ἦσαν ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ τῇ αὐτῇ ἀγραυλοῦντες, καὶ φυλάσσοντες φυλακὰς τῆς νυκτὸς ἐπὶ τὴν ποίμνην αὐτῶν.", "text": "And *poimenes* *ēsan* in the *chōra* the same *agraulountes*, and *phylassontes* *phylakas* of the *nyktos* over the *poimnēn* of them.", "grammar": { "*poimenes*": "nominative, masculine, plural - shepherds", "*ēsan*": "imperfect indicative, 3rd plural - were", "*chōra*": "dative, feminine, singular - region/country", "*agraulountes*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, plural - living out in the fields", "*phylassontes*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, plural - keeping/guarding", "*phylakas*": "accusative, feminine, plural - watches", "*nyktos*": "genitive, feminine, singular - of night", "*poimnēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - flock" }, "variants": { "*poimenes*": "shepherds/herdsmen", "*chōra*": "region/country/field", "*agraulountes*": "living outdoors/staying in the fields/camping out", "*phylassontes*": "keeping watch/guarding/observing", "*phylakas*": "watches/guards" } }
• John 10:12-13 : 12 { "verseID": "John.10.12", "source": "Ὁ μισθωτὸς δέ, καὶ οὐκ ὢν ποιμήν, οὗ οὐκ εἰσὶν τὰ πρόβατα ἴδια, θεωρεῖ τὸν λύκον ἐρχόμενον, καὶ ἀφίησιν τὰ πρόβατα, καὶ φεύγει: καὶ ὁ λύκος ἁρπάζει αὐτά, καὶ σκορπίζει τὰ πρόβατα.", "text": "The *misthōtos de*, and not *ōn poimēn*, of whom not *eisin* the *probata idia*, *theōrei* the *lykon erchomenon*, and *aphiēsin* the *probata*, and *pheugei*: and the *lykos harpazei* them, and *skorpizei* the *probata*.", "grammar": { "*misthōtos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - hired man/hireling", "*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and/now", "*ōn*": "present active participle, nominative masculine singular - being", "*poimēn*": "nominative, masculine, singular - shepherd", "*eisin*": "present active indicative, 3rd person plural - they are", "*probata*": "nominative, neuter, plural - sheep", "*idia*": "nominative, neuter, plural - own/belonging to oneself", "*theōrei*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - sees/perceives", "*lykon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - wolf", "*erchomenon*": "present middle participle, accusative masculine singular - coming", "*aphiēsin*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - leaves/abandons", "*pheugei*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - flees/runs away", "*lykos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - wolf", "*harpazei*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - seizes/snatches", "*skorpizei*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - scatters/disperses" }, "variants": { "*misthōtos*": "hired man/hireling/wage earner", "*de*": "but/and/now", "*ōn*": "being/existing", "*poimēn*": "shepherd/herdsman", "*eisin*": "are/exist", "*probata*": "sheep", "*idia*": "own/belonging to oneself", "*theōrei*": "sees/observes/perceives", "*lykon*": "wolf", "*erchomenon*": "coming/approaching", "*aphiēsin*": "leaves/abandons/lets go", "*pheugei*": "flees/runs away/escapes", "*harpazei*": "seizes/snatches/takes by force", "*skorpizei*": "scatters/disperses/separates" } } 13 { "verseID": "John.10.13", "source": "Ὁ δὲ μισθωτὸς φεύγει, ὅτι μισθωτός ἐστιν, καὶ οὐ μέλει αὐτῷ περὶ τῶν προβάτων.", "text": "The *de misthōtos pheugei*, because *misthōtos estin*, and not *melei* to him about the *probatōn*.", "grammar": { "*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and/now", "*misthōtos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - hired man/hireling", "*pheugei*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - flees/runs away", "*estin*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is", "*melei*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - cares/is concerned", "*probatōn*": "genitive, neuter, plural - of sheep" }, "variants": { "*de*": "but/and/now", "*misthōtos*": "hired man/hireling/wage earner", "*pheugei*": "flees/runs away/escapes", "*estin*": "is/exists", "*melei*": "cares/is concerned/matters", "*probatōn*": "sheep" } }