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Genesis 29:25 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?


Genesis 29:25Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 29:2518 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בַבֹּקֶרvabōqerIn dawn
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
הִואhiwʾHe
לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
לָבָןlāvānLaban
מַהmahWhat?
זֹּאתzōʾtThis
עָשִׂיתָʿāśîtāDo
לִּיTo
הֲלֹאhălōʾNot
בְרָחֵלvərāḥēlIn Rachel
עָבַדְתִּיʿāvadətîWork
עִמָּךְʿimāḵəWith
וְלָמָּהwəlāmāhAnd to what?
רִמִּיתָנִיrimîtānîHurl
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בַבֹּקֶרvabōqerIn dawn
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
הִואhiwʾHe
לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
לָבָןlāvānLaban
מַהmahWhat?
זֹּאתzōʾtThis
עָשִׂיתָʿāśîtāDo
לִּיTo
הֲלֹאhălōʾNot
בְרָחֵלvərāḥēlIn Rachel
עָבַדְתִּיʿāvadətîWork
עִמָּךְʿimāḵəWith
וְלָמָּהwəlāmāhAnd to what?
רִמִּיתָנִיrimîtānîHurl

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