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Genesis 29:32 — King James Version← Study notes

And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.


Genesis 29:32Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 29:3217 words
וַתַּהַרwataharAnd be
לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah
וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young
בֵּןbēnSon
וַתִּקְרָאwatiqərāʾAnd call out to
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
רְאוּבֵןrəʾûvēnReuben
כִּיRelative conjunction
אָמְרָהʾāmərāhSay
כִּיRelative conjunction
רָאָהrāʾāhSee
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
בְּעָנְיִיbəʿānəyîIn depression
כִּיRelative conjunction
עַתָּהʿatāhAt this time
יֶאֱהָבַנִיyeʾĕhāvanîHave affection
אִישִׁיʾîšîMan
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתַּהַרwataharAnd be
לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah
וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young
בֵּןbēnSon
וַתִּקְרָאwatiqərāʾAnd call out to
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
רְאוּבֵןrəʾûvēnReuben
כִּיRelative conjunction
אָמְרָהʾāmərāhSay
כִּיRelative conjunction
רָאָהrāʾāhSee
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
בְּעָנְיִיbəʿānəyîIn depression
כִּיRelative conjunction
עַתָּהʿatāhAt this time
יֶאֱהָבַנִיyeʾĕhāvanîHave affection
אִישִׁיʾîšîMan

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