Genesis 29:15

Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data

"And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?"

Word-by-Word Analysis

And

לָבָן

Lâbân

H3837

Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert

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אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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unto

יַעֲקֹב

Yaʻăqôb

H3290

Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch

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פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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thou art my

אָח

ʼâch

H251

a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))

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δεῖ

deî

G1163

also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding)

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thou

כֵּן

kên

H3651

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...

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עָבַד

ʻâbad

H5647

to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.

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me for

מְאוּמָה

mᵉʼûwmâh

H3972

properly, a speck or point, i.e. (by implication) something; with negative, nothing

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נָגַד

nâgad

H5046

properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to o...

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me what shall thy

מַשְׂכֹּרֶת

maskôreth

H4909

wages or a reward

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be

Key Terms in This Verse

wages H4909

מַשְׂכֹּרֶת maskôreth

wages or a reward

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nought H3972

מְאוּמָה mᵉʼûwmâh

properly, a speck or point, i.e. (by implication) something; with negative, nothing

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Laban H3837

לָבָן Lâbân

Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert

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shouldest G1163

δεῖ deî

also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding)

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serve H5647

עָבַד ʻâbad

to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.

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tell H5046

נָגַד nâgad

properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, exp...

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Jacob H3290

יַעֲקֹב Yaʻăqôb

Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch

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brother H251

אָח ʼâch

a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))

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Because H6440

פָּנִים pânîym

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

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therefore H3651

כֵּן kên

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)

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