Genesis 31:27
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
נוּס
nûwç
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
סֵתֶר
çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
גָּנַב
gânab
to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
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 o...
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
שִׂמְחָה
simchâh
blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)
Key Terms in This Verse
סֵתֶר çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
Study H5643 →גָּנַב gânab
to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
Study H1589 →נוּס nûwç
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
Study H5127 →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...
Study H5046 →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)
Study H3651 →שָׁלַח shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Study H7971 →Cross References
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father’s household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that ...
And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
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