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This is how I was:הָיִיתִיby dayבַיּוֹםthe heatחֹרֶבconsumed me,אֲכָלַנִיand the frostוְקֶרַחby night,בַּלָּיְלָהand my sleepוַ שְׁנָתִיfledתִּדַּדfrom my eyes.מֵעֵינָי
Genesis 31:40
Study it in the app“This is how I was: by day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 31:40, word by word
- This is how I wasהָיִיתִיhayiti
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayiti” appears- by dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- the heatחֹרֶבchorev
heat
The burning sun of the day.
Where else “chorev” appears- consumed meאֲכָלַachala
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “achala” appears- and the frostקֶרַחkerach
frost, ice
Ice, frost.
Where else “kerach” appears- by nightלָּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- and my sleepשְׁנָתִshenati
sleep
Sleep.
Where else “shenati” appears- fledתִּדַּדtidad
flee
To go far away, or flap wings.
Where else “tidad” appears- from my eyesעֵינָena
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ena” appears
The context
39What was torn by beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it; from my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
40 · This verse (above)
41These twenty years I have had in your house: I served you fourteen years for the two of your daughters and six years for your flock, and you changed my wages ten times.
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?