Genesis 29:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ יַעֲקֹ֔ב אַחַ֖י מֵאַ֣יִן אַתֶּ֑ם וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ מֵחָרָ֖ן אֲנָֽחְנוּ׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer to-them yaʿăqōb, ʾaḥay from-where ʾattem? wə-yōʾmərû from-ḥārān ʾănāḥnû

Grammar Details

*wə-yōʾmer*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*yaʿăqōb*: proper noun, masculine - Jacob
*ʾaḥay*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st singular suffix - my brothers
*ʾattem*: personal pronoun, 2nd masculine plural - you
*wə-yōʾmərû*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they said
*ḥārān*: proper noun - Haran
*ʾănāḥnû*: personal pronoun, 1st common plural - we

Word Meanings

*ʾaḥay*: my brothers/my friends/my kinsmen

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 28:10 : 10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
Gen 27:43 : 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
Acts 7:2 : 2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
Acts 7:4 : 4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
Gen 11:31 : 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
Gen 24:10 : 10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

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