28 {
"verseID": "Genesis.31.28",
"source": "וְלֹ֣א נְטַשְׁתַּ֔נִי לְנַשֵּׁ֥ק לְבָנַ֖י וְלִבְנֹתָ֑י עַתָּ֖ה הִסְכַּ֥לְתָּֽ עֲשֽׂוֹ׃",
"text": "*wĕ-lōʾ* *nĕṭaštanî* to *naššēq* to *bānay* and to *bĕnōtāy*; *ʿattâ* *hiskalĕtā* *ʿăśô*.",
"grammar": {
"*wĕ-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not",
"*nĕṭaštanî*": "qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular with 1st singular suffix - you allowed me",
"*naššēq*": "piel infinitive construct with prefix preposition - to kiss",
"*bānay*": "common noun, masculine plural construct with 1st singular possessive suffix - my sons",
"*bĕnōtāy*": "common noun, feminine plural construct with 1st singular possessive suffix - my daughters",
"*ʿattâ*": "adverb - now",
"*hiskalĕtā*": "hiphil perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have acted foolishly",
"*ʿăśô*": "qal infinitive absolute - doing"
},
"variants": {
"*nĕṭaštanî*": "you allowed me/you let me/you permitted me",
"*hiskalĕtā* *ʿăśô*": "you have acted foolishly in doing/you have done foolishly",
"*naššēq*": "to kiss/to bid farewell to"
}
}
29 {
"verseID": "Genesis.31.29",
"source": "יֶשׁ־לְאֵ֣ל יָדִ֔י לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת עִמָּכֶ֖ם רָ֑ע וֽ͏ֵאלֹהֵ֨י אֲבִיכֶ֜ם אֶ֣מֶשׁ ׀ אָמַ֧ר אֵלַ֣י לֵאמֹ֗ר הִשָּׁ֧מֶר לְךָ֛ מִדַּבֵּ֥ר עִֽם־יַעֲקֹ֖ב מִטּ֥וֹב עַד־רָֽע׃",
"text": "There is-to *ʾēl* *yādî* to *ʿăśôt* with you *rāʿ*, but *ʾĔlōhê* *ʾăbîkem* *ʾemeš* *ʾāmar* to me *lēʾmōr*, *hiššāmer* to you from *dabbēr* with-*Yaʿăqōb* from-good until-bad.",
"grammar": {
"*ʾēl*": "common noun, masculine singular with prefix preposition - to power/might",
"*yādî*": "common noun, feminine singular construct with 1st singular possessive suffix - my hand",
"*ʿăśôt*": "qal infinitive construct with prefix preposition - to do",
"*rāʿ*": "adjective, masculine singular - harm/evil",
"*ʾĔlōhê*": "common noun, masculine plural construct - God of",
"*ʾăbîkem*": "common noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your father",
"*ʾemeš*": "adverb - last night/yesterday",
"*ʾāmar*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - said/spoke",
"*lēʾmōr*": "qal infinitive construct with prefix preposition - saying",
"*hiššāmer*": "niphal imperative, 2nd masculine singular - be on guard/take care",
"*dabbēr*": "piel infinitive construct with prefix preposition - from speaking",
"*Yaʿăqōb*": "proper noun - Jacob"
},
"variants": {
"*yeš-lĕʾēl yādî*": "it is in the power of my hand/I have the power/I am able",
"*hiššāmer lĕkā*": "take care for yourself/beware/guard yourself",
"*mittôb ʿad-rāʿ*": "from good to bad/anything at all/either good or bad"
}
}
30 {
"verseID": "Genesis.31.30",
"source": "וְעַתָּה֙ הָלֹ֣ךְ הָלַ֔כְתָּ כִּֽי־נִכְסֹ֥ף נִכְסַ֖פְתָּה לְבֵ֣ית אָבִ֑יךָ לָ֥מָּה גָנַ֖בְתָּ אֶת־אֱלֹהָֽי׃",
"text": "*wĕ-ʿattâ* *hālōk* *hālaktā* *kî*-*niksōp* *niksaptâ* to *bêt* *ʾābîkā*; *lāmmâ* *gānabtā* *ʾet*-*ʾĕlōhāy*.",
"grammar": {
"*wĕ-ʿattâ*": "conjunction + adverb - and now",
"*hālōk*": "qal infinitive absolute - going",
"*hālaktā*": "qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you went",
"*kî*": "conjunction - because/for",
"*niksōp*": "niphal infinitive absolute - longing",
"*niksaptâ*": "niphal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you longed",
"*bêt*": "common noun, masculine singular construct with prefix preposition - to the house of",
"*ʾābîkā*": "common noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your father",
"*lāmmâ*": "interrogative adverb - why",
"*gānabtā*": "qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you stole",
"*ʾĕlōhāy*": "common noun, masculine plural with 1st singular possessive suffix - my gods"
},
"variants": {
"*hālōk* *hālaktā*": "you surely went/you had to go/you were determined to go",
"*niksōp* *niksaptâ*": "you greatly longed/you earnestly desired/you intensely yearned",
"*ʾĕlōhāy*": "my gods/my deities/my idols"
}
}
31 {
"verseID": "Genesis.31.31",
"source": "וַיַּ֥עַן יַעֲקֹ֖ב וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לְלָבָ֑ן כִּ֣י יָרֵ֔אתִי כִּ֣י אָמַ֔רְתִּי פֶּן־תִּגְזֹ֥ל אֶת־בְּנוֹתֶ֖יךָ מֵעִמִּֽי׃",
"text": "*wa-yaʿan* *Yaʿăqōb* *wa-yōʾmer* to *Lābān*, *kî* *yārēʾtî* *kî* *ʾāmartî* *pen*-*tigzōl* *ʾet*-*bĕnôtêkā* from with me.",
"grammar": {
"*wa-yaʿan*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he answered",
"*Yaʿăqōb*": "proper noun - Jacob",
"*wa-yōʾmer*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*Lābān*": "proper noun with prefix preposition - to Laban",
"*kî*": "conjunction - because/for",
"*yārēʾtî*": "qal perfect, 1st singular - I feared/was afraid",
"*ʾāmartî*": "qal perfect, 1st singular - I said/thought",
"*pen*": "conjunction - lest/perhaps",
"*tigzōl*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you would take by force",
"*bĕnôtêkā*": "common noun, feminine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your daughters",
"*mēʿimmî*": "preposition compound with 1st singular suffix - from with me"
},
"variants": {
"*yārēʾtî*": "I feared/was afraid/was anxious",
"*tigzōl*": "take by force/tear away/seize/rob",
"*ʾāmartî*": "I said/I thought/I told myself"
}
}
32 {
"verseID": "Genesis.31.32",
"source": "עִ֠ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּמְצָ֣א אֶת־אֱלֹהֶיךָ֮ לֹ֣א יִֽחְיֶה֒ נֶ֣גֶד אַחֵ֧ינוּ הַֽכֶּר־לְךָ֛ מָ֥ה עִמָּדִ֖י וְקַֽח־לָ֑ךְ וְלֹֽא־יָדַ֣ע יַעֲקֹ֔ב כִּ֥י רָחֵ֖ל גְּנָבָֽתַם׃",
"text": "With whom you *timṣāʾ* *ʾet*-*ʾĕlōhêkā*, *lōʾ* *yiḥyeh*; *neged* *ʾaḥênû* *hakker*-to you *mâ* with me and *qaḥ*-to you. And *lōʾ*-*yādaʿ* *Yaʿăqōb* *kî* *Rāḥēl* *gĕnābātam*.",
"grammar": {
"*timṣāʾ*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you find",
"*ʾĕlōhêkā*": "common noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your gods",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*yiḥyeh*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he shall live",
"*neged*": "preposition - before/in the presence of",
"*ʾaḥênû*": "common noun, masculine plural construct with 1st plural suffix - our brothers/kinsmen",
"*hakker*": "hiphil imperative, 2nd masculine singular - identify/recognize",
"*mâ*": "interrogative pronoun - what",
"*qaḥ*": "qal imperative, 2nd masculine singular - take",
"*yādaʿ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - knew",
"*Yaʿăqōb*": "proper noun - Jacob",
"*kî*": "conjunction - that/because",
"*Rāḥēl*": "proper noun - Rachel",
"*gĕnābātam*": "qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - had stolen them"
},
"variants": {
"*lōʾ yiḥyeh*": "shall not live/shall die/will not survive",
"*hakker-lĕkā*": "identify for yourself/recognize/examine",
"*neged ʾaḥênû*": "in the presence of our kinsmen/before our relatives/in front of our family"
}
}
33 {
"verseID": "Genesis.31.33",
"source": "וַיָּבֹ֨א לָבָ֜ן בְּאֹ֥הֶל יַעֲקֹ֣ב ׀ וּבְאֹ֣הֶל לֵאָ֗ה וּבְאֹ֛הֶל שְׁתֵּ֥י הָאֲמָהֹ֖ת וְלֹ֣א מָצָ֑א וַיֵּצֵא֙ מֵאֹ֣הֶל לֵאָ֔ה וַיָּבֹ֖א בְּאֹ֥הֶל רָחֵֽל׃",
"text": "*wa-yābōʾ* *Lābān* in *ʾōhel* *Yaʿăqōb* and in *ʾōhel* *Lēʾâ* and in *ʾōhel* *štê* the-*ʾămāhōt* and *lōʾ* *māṣāʾ*; *wa-yēṣēʾ* from *ʾōhel* *Lēʾâ* *wa-yābōʾ* in *ʾōhel* *Rāḥēl*.",
"grammar": {
"*wa-yābōʾ*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he entered",
"*Lābān*": "proper noun - Laban",
"*ʾōhel*": "common noun, masculine singular construct with prefix preposition - in the tent of",
"*Yaʿăqōb*": "proper noun - Jacob",
"*Lēʾâ*": "proper noun - Leah",
"*štê*": "numeral, feminine construct - two of",
"*ʾămāhōt*": "common noun, feminine plural with definite article - the female servants/maids",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*māṣāʾ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he found",
"*wa-yēṣēʾ*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he went out",
"*Rāḥēl*": "proper noun - Rachel"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾămāhōt*": "female servants/handmaids/slave women",
"*māṣāʾ*": "found/discovered/located",
"*ʾōhel*": "tent/dwelling/tabernacle"
}
}