Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 31:3 Interlinear

said And the LORD unto Jacob Return unto the land of thy fathers and to thy kindred

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559saidto say (used with great latitude)
2יְהוָה֙H3068And the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
3אֶֽלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
4יַעֲקֹ֔בH3290unto Jacobjaakob, the israelitish patriarch
5שׁ֛וּבH7725Returnto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
6אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
7אֶ֥רֶץH776unto the landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
8אֲבוֹתֶ֖יךָH1of thy fathersfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
9וּלְמֽוֹלַדְתֶּ֑ךָH4138and to thy kindrednativity (plural birth-place); by implication, lineage, native country; also offspring, family
10וְאֶֽהְיֶ֖הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
11עִמָּֽךְ׃H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then

Verse Context

Genesis 31:2beheld And Jacob the countenance of Laban ...
Genesis 31:3 (current)said And the LORD unto Jacob Return unto the land of thy fathers and to thy kindred
Genesis 31:4sent And Jacob and called Rachel and Leah to the field...

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