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Whyלָמָּהdid you secretlyנַחְבֵּאתָflee,לִבְרֹחַdeceiveוַתִּגְנֹבme,אֹתִיand notוְלֹאtellהִגַּדְתָּme?לִּיI would have sent you awayוָאֲשַׁלֵּחֲךָwith joyבְּשִׂמְחָהand with songs,וּבְשִׁרִיםwith tambourineבְּתֹףand with lyre.וּבְכִנּוֹר
Genesis 31:27
Study it in the app“Why did you secretly flee, deceive me, and not tell me? I would have sent you away with joy and with songs, with tambourine and with lyre.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 31:27, word by word
- did you secretlyנַחְבֵּאתָnachbeta
hide
Hide oneself.
Where else “nachbeta” appears- fleeבְרֹחַveroach
flee
To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.
Where else “veroach” appears- deceiveתִּגְנֹבtignov
deceive
To trick, or go secretly.
Where else “tignov” appears- tellהִגַּדְתָּhigadta
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “higadta” appears- I would have sent you awayאֲשַׁלֵּחֲashaleach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “ashaleach” appears- with joyשִׂמְחָהsimcha
joy
Joy, gladness, celebration.
Where else “simcha” appears- and with songsשִׁרִיםshirim
song
A composition sung with words and melody, to praise or celebrate.
Where else “shirim” appears- with tambourineתֹףtof
tambourine
Tambourine: a small hand drum.
Where else “tof” appears- and with lyreכִנּוֹרchinor
lyre
Lyre: a small stringed instrument.
Where else “chinor” appears
The context
26Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of the sword.
27 · This verse (above)
28You did not even let me kiss my sons and my daughters. Now you have acted foolishly.
To study Genesis 31 in a group
1. What it says
Why did Jacob leave Laban’s house, and what did Elohim say to Laban in a dream (vv. 3, 24)?
2. What it means
What does the heap of stones mean as a witness between Jacob and Laban (vv. 44-50)?
3. How I live it
How can you close a conflict with someone in a clear and peaceful way?