Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 31:41 Interlinear

Thus have I been twenty years in thy house I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters and six years for thy cattle and thou hast changed my wages ten times

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1זֶהH2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
2לִּ֞יH0
3עֶשְׂרִ֣יםH6242Thus have I been twentytwenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
4שָׁנִ֖יםH8141yearsa year (as a revolution of time)
5בְּבֵיתֶךָ֒H1004in thy housea house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
6עֲבַדְתִּ֜יךָH5647I served theeto work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc
7אַרְבַּֽעH702fourteenfour
8עֶשְׂרֵ֤הH6240ten (only in combination), i.e., -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
9שָׁנִ֖יםH8141yearsa year (as a revolution of time)
10בִּשְׁתֵּ֣יH8147for thy twotwo; also (as ordinal) twofold
11בְנֹתֶ֔יךָH1323daughtersa daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
12וְשֵׁ֥שׁH8337and sixsix (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
13שָׁנִ֖יםH8141yearsa year (as a revolution of time)
14בְּצֹאנֶ֑ךָH6629for thy cattlea collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
15וַתַּֽחֲלֵ֥ףH2498and thou hast changedproperly, to slide by, i.e., (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change
16אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
17מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּ֖יH4909my wageswages or a reward
18עֲשֶׂ֥רֶתH6235tenten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
19מֹנִֽים׃H4489timesproperly, something weighed out, i.e., (figuratively) a portion of time, i.e., an instance

Verse Context

Genesis 31:40 Thus I was in the day consumed the drought me and the frost by night...
Genesis 31:41 (current) Thus have I been twenty years in thy house I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters and six years for thy cattle and thou hast changed my wages ten times
Genesis 31:42Except God of my father God of Abraham and the fear...

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