Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 31:8 Interlinear

If he said speckled shall be thy hire bare all the cattle speckled If he said ringstraked shall be thy hire bare all the cattle ringstraked

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1אִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
2כֹּ֣הH3541properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
3יֹאמַ֗רH559If he saidto say (used with great latitude)
4נְקֻדִּ֑יםH5348speckledspotted
5יִֽהְיֶ֣הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
6שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָH7939shall be thy hirepayment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit
7וְיָֽלְד֥וּH3205bareto bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
8כָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
9הַצֹּ֖אןH6629all the cattlea collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
10נְקֻדִּ֑יםH5348speckledspotted
11וְאִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
12כֹּ֣הH3541properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
13יֹאמַ֗רH559If he saidto say (used with great latitude)
14עֲקֻדִּֽים׃H6124ringstrakedstriped (with bands)
15יִֽהְיֶ֣הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
16שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָH7939shall be thy hirepayment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit
17וְיָֽלְד֥וּH3205bareto bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
18כָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
19הַצֹּ֖אןH6629all the cattlea collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
20עֲקֻדִּֽים׃H6124ringstrakedstriped (with bands)

Verse Context

Genesis 31:7And your father hath deceived me and changed my wages...
Genesis 31:8 (current) If he said speckled shall be thy hire bare all the cattle speckled If he said ringstraked shall be thy hire bare all the cattle ringstraked
Genesis 31:9hath taken away Thus God the cattle of your father and given...

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