Genesis 29:26

Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data

"And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn."

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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It must not be so

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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in our

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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to

נָתַן

nâthan

H5414

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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the

קָטָן

qâṭân

H6996

abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)

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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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the

בְּכוֹר

bᵉkôwr

H1060

firstborn; hence, chief

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Key Terms in This Verse

younger H6996

קָטָן qâṭân

abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)

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Laban H3837

לָבָן Lâbân

Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert

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firstborn H1060

בְּכוֹר bᵉkôwr

firstborn; hence, chief

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country H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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done H6213

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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give H5414

נָתַן nâthan

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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before 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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said H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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