Genesis 31:28

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹ֣א נְטַשְׁתַּ֔נִי לְנַשֵּׁ֥ק לְבָנַ֖י וְלִבְנֹתָ֑י עַתָּ֖ה הִסְכַּ֥לְתָּֽ עֲשֽׂוֹ׃

Transliteration

wĕ-lōʾ nĕṭaštanî to naššēq to bānay and to bĕnōtāy; ʿattâ hiskalĕtā ʿăśô.

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*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

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Referenced Verses

Gen 31:55 : 55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
Ruth 1:9 : 9 The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
Ruth 1:14 : 14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
1 Kgs 19:20 : 20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
Acts 20:37 : 37 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,
1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
2 Chr 16:9 : 9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
1 Sam 13:13 : 13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
Exod 4:27 : 27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
Gen 29:13 : 13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
Gen 31:3 : 3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
Gen 31:13 : 13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
Gen 31:24 : 24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

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