Genesis 29:15
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?”
מָה
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
נָגַד
tell/ !
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נָגַד
To tell, to declare, to make known. Nagad. The heavens declare the glory of God. Everything in creation is telling the story of its Creator.
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לָבָן
Laban
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לָבָן
Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert
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חִנָּם
for nothing
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חִנָּם
gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantage
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מַשְׂכֹּרֶת
is wages/ your
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מַשְׂכֹּרֶת
wages or a reward
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