Genesis 31:49
It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.
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and Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
KJV
And Mizpah; for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
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11 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַמִּצְפָּה֙ | ve.ha.mitz.Pah | and <the> Mizpah | H4709 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | 'a.Sher | that | H834 → |
| אָמַ֔ר | 'a.Mar | he said | H559 → |
| יִ֥צֶף | Yi.tzef | may he keep watch | H6822 → |
| יְהוָ֖ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| בֵּינִ֣י | bei.Ni | between me | H996 → |
| וּבֵינֶ֑ךָ | u.vei.Ne.kha | and between you | H996 → |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| נִסָּתֵ֖ר | ni.sa.Ter | we will be hidden | H5641 → |
| אִ֥ישׁ | 'ish | each | H376 → |
| מֵרֵעֵֽהוּ׃ | me.re.'E.hu | from neighbor his | H7453 → |
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