Genesis 31:30
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”

Young's Literal Translation
‘And now, thou hast certainly gone, because thou hast been very desirous for the house of thy father; why hast thou stolen my gods?’

King James Bible
And now, [though] thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, [yet] wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

Hebrew
Now
וְעַתָּה֙ (wə·‘at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

you have gone off
הָלֹ֣ךְ (hā·lōḵ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

because
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

you long
נִכְסֹ֥ף (niḵ·sōp̄)
Verb - Nifal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 3700: To become pale, to pine after, to fear

for your father’s
אָבִ֑יךָ (’ā·ḇî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father

house.
לְבֵ֣ית (lə·ḇêṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

But why
לָ֥מָּה (lām·māh)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

have you stolen
גָנַ֖בְתָּ (ḡā·naḇ·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1589: To thieve, to deceive

my gods?”
אֱלֹהָֽי׃ (’ĕ·lō·hāy)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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