Genesis 31:49
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.

Young's Literal Translation
Mizpah also, for he said, ‘Jehovah doth watch between me and thee, for we are hidden one from another;

King James Bible
And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

Hebrew
and also Mizpah,
וְהַמִּצְפָּה֙ (wə·ham·miṣ·pāh)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4709: Mizpah -- the name of several places in Israel

because
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

he said,
אָמַ֔ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“May the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

keep watch
יִ֥צֶף (yi·ṣep̄)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6822: To lean forward, to peer into the distance, to observe, await

between you
בֵּינִ֣י (bê·nî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

and me
וּבֵינֶ֑ךָ (ū·ḇê·ne·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

when
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

we are absent
נִסָּתֵ֖ר (nis·sā·ṯêr)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 5641: To hide, conceal

from one another.
מֵרֵעֵֽהוּ׃ (mê·rê·‘ê·hū)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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