Genesis 29:19
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me.”

Young's Literal Translation
and Laban saith, ‘It is better for me to give her to thee than to give her to another man; dwell with me;’

King James Bible
And Laban said, [It is] better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.

Hebrew
Laban
לָבָ֗ן (lā·ḇān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3837: Laban -- father-in-law of Jacob

replied,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Better
ט֚וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

that I give
תִּתִּ֣י (tit·tî)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

her
אֹתָ֣הּ (’ō·ṯāh)
Direct object marker | third person feminine singular
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

to you
לָ֔ךְ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

than
מִתִּתִּ֥י (mit·tit·tî)
Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

to another.
אַחֵ֑ר (’a·ḥêr)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 312: Hinder, next, other

Stay here
שְׁבָ֖ה (šə·ḇāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

with me.”
עִמָּדִֽי׃ (‘im·mā·ḏî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 5978: Against, by, from, me, mine, of, that I take, unto,

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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