Genesis 31:27
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
Why hast thou hidden thyself to flee, and deceivest me, and hast not declared to me, and I send thee away with joy and with songs, with tabret and with harp,

King James Bible
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?

Hebrew
Why
לָ֤מָּה (lām·māh)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

did you run away
לִבְרֹ֔חַ (liḇ·rō·aḥ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1272: To bolt, to flee suddenly

secretly
נַחְבֵּ֙אתָ֙ (naḥ·bê·ṯā)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2244: To withdraw, hide

and deceive
וַתִּגְנֹ֖ב (wat·tiḡ·nōḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1589: To thieve, to deceive

me,
אֹתִ֑י (’ō·ṯî)
Direct object marker | first person common singular
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

without even
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

telling
הִגַּ֣דְתָּ (hig·gaḏ·tā)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5046: To be conspicuous

me?
לִּ֔י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

I would have sent you away
וָֽאֲשַׁלֵּחֲךָ֛ (wā·’ă·šal·lê·ḥă·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

with joy
בְּשִׂמְחָ֥ה (bə·śim·ḥāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8057: Blithesomeness, glee

and singing,
וּבְשִׁרִ֖ים (ū·ḇə·ši·rîm)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7892: A song, singing

with tambourines
בְּתֹ֥ף (bə·ṯōp̄)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8596: A timbrel, tambourine

and harps.
וּבְכִנּֽוֹר׃ (ū·ḇə·ḵin·nō·wr)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3658: A harp

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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