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Genesis 29:18 — King James Version← Study notes

And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.


Genesis 29:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 29:1811 words
וַיֶּאֱהַבwayeʾĕhavAnd have affection
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
אֶתʾet
רָחֵלrāḥēlRachel
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֶעֱבָדְךָʾeʿĕvādəḵāWork
שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven
שָׁנִיםšānîmYear
בְּרָחֵלbərāḥēlIn Rachel
בִּתְּךָbitəḵāDaughter
הַקְּטַנָּהhaqəṭanāhThe abbreviated
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֶּאֱהַבwayeʾĕhavAnd have affection
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
רָחֵלrāḥēlRachel
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֶעֱבָדְךָʾeʿĕvādəḵāWork
שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven
שָׁנִיםšānîmYear
בְּרָחֵלbərāḥēlIn Rachel
בִּתְּךָbitəḵāDaughter
הַקְּטַנָּהhaqəṭanāhThe abbreviated

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