Genesis 30:1 — King James Version← Study notes
“And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.”
Genesis 30:1 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 30:119 words
וַתֵּרֶאwatēreʾAnd see
רָחֵלrāḥēlRachel
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
יָלְדָהyālədāhBear young
לְיַעֲקֹבləyaʿăqōvTo Jacob
וַתְּקַנֵּאwatəqanēʾAnd be
רָחֵלrāḥēlRachel
בַּאֲחֹתָהּbaʾăḥōtāhIn sister
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
הָבָהhāvāhGive
לִּיlîTo
בָנִיםvānîmSon
וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
אַיִןʾayinNonentity
מֵתָהmētāhDie
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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