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Genesis 29:34 — King James Version← Study notes

And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.


Genesis 29:34Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 29:3420 words
וַתַּהַרwataharAnd be
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young
בֵּןbēnSon
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
עַתָּהʿatāhAt this time
הַפַּעַםhapaʿamThe stroke
יִלָּוֶהyilāwehTwine
אִישִׁיʾîšîMan
אֵלַיʾēlayNear
כִּיRelative conjunction
יָלַדְתִּיyāladətîBear young
לוֹlwōTo
שְׁלֹשָׁהšəlōšāhThree
בָנִיםvānîmSon
עַלʿalAbove
כֵּןkēnSet upright
קָרָאqārāʾCall out to
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
לֵוִיlēwîLevi
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתַּהַרwataharAnd be
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young
בֵּןbēnSon
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
עַתָּהʿatāhAt this time
הַפַּעַםhapaʿamThe stroke
יִלָּוֶהyilāwehTwine
אִישִׁיʾîšîMan
אֵלַיʾēlayNear
כִּיRelative conjunction
יָלַדְתִּיyāladətîBear young
לוֹlwōTo
שְׁלֹשָׁהšəlōšāhThree
בָנִיםvānîmSon
עַלʿalAbove
כֵּןkēnSet upright
קָרָאqārāʾCall out to
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
לֵוִיlēwîLevi

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