Genesis 29:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.”

Genesis 29:23 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 29:2311 words

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

בָעֶרֶבvāʿerevIn dusk

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

אֶתʾet—

לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah

בִתּוֹvitwōDaughter

וַיָּבֵאwayāvēʾAnd go

אֹתָהּʾōtāh—

אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go

אֵלֶיהָʾēleyhāNear

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

בָעֶרֶבvāʿerevIn dusk

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah

בִתּוֹvitwōDaughter

וַיָּבֵאwayāvēʾAnd go

אֹתָהּʾōtāhdirect object marker (no translation)

אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go

אֵלֶיהָʾēleyhāNear

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