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Genesis 30:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.


Genesis 30:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 30:127 words
וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young
זִלְפָּהziləpāhZilpah
שִׁפְחַתšip̄əḥatFemale slave
לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah
בֵּןbēnSon
שֵׁנִיšēnîDouble
לְיַעֲקֹבləyaʿăqōvTo Jacob
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young
זִלְפָּהziləpāhZilpah
שִׁפְחַתšip̄əḥatFemale slave
לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah
בֵּןbēnSon
שֵׁנִיšēnîDouble
לְיַעֲקֹבləyaʿăqōvTo Jacob

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