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Genesis 31:27

Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.

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ASV

Wherefore didst thou flee 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;

KJV

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?

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לָ֤מָּהLa.mah<to> why?H4100 →
נַחְבֵּ֙אתָ֙nach.Be.tadid you hide yourselfH2244 →
לִבְרֹ֔חַliv.Ro.achto fleeH1272 →
וַתִּגְנֹ֖בva.tig.Noand did you steal?H1589 →
אֹתִ֑י'o.Ti<obj.> meH853 →
וְלֹא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
הִגַּ֣דְתָּhi.Gad.tadid you tell?H5046 →
לִּ֔יLito <the> me
וָֽאֲשַׁלֵּחֲךָ֛va.'a.sha.le.cha.Khaand I sent away youH7971 →
בְּשִׂמְחָ֥הbe.sim.Chahwith gladnessH8057 →
וּבְשִׁרִ֖יםu.ve.shi.Rimand with songsH7892 →
בְּתֹ֥ףbe.Tofwith tambourineH8596 →
וּבְכִנּֽוֹר׃u.ve.khi.Norand with harpH3658 →

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Exodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.Judges 6:27So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.Job 21:11–14They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,Genesis 4:21And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.Genesis 31:20–21Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.Proverbs 26:23–26Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.Genesis 24:59–60So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.Genesis 31:31“I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.Genesis 31:3–5Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”Amos 6:5You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.2 Samuel 19:3So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.Isaiah 5:12At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.Job 17:6He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.Job 21:12singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.Isaiah 30:32And with every stroke of the rod of punishment that the LORD brings down on them, the tambourines and lyres will sound as He battles with weapons brandished.

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