Genesis 29:31 — King James Version← Study notes

“And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.”

Genesis 29:31 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 29:3110 words

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

שְׂנוּאָהśənûʾāhHate

לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah

וַיִּפְתַּחwayip̄ətaḥAnd open wide

אֶתʾet—

רַחְמָהּraḥəmāhWomb

וְרָחֵלwərāḥēlAnd Rachel

עֲקָרָהʿăqārāhSterile

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

שְׂנוּאָהśənûʾāhHate

לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah

וַיִּפְתַּחwayip̄ətaḥAnd open wide

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

רַחְמָהּraḥəmāhWomb

וְרָחֵלwərāḥēlAnd Rachel

עֲקָרָהʿăqārāhSterile

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