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Genesis 30:14 — King James Version← Study notes

And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.


Genesis 30:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 30:1422 words
וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk
רְאוּבֵןrəʾûvēnReuben
בִּימֵיbîmêIn day
קְצִירqəṣîrSevered
חִטִּיםḥiṭîmWheat
וַיִּמְצָאwayiməṣāʾAnd come
דוּדָאִיםdûdāʾîmBoiler
בַּשָּׂדֶהbaśādehIn field
וַיָּבֵאwayāvēʾAnd go
אֹתָםʾōtām
אֶלʾelNear
לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah
אִמּוֹʾimwōMother
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
רָחֵלrāḥēlRachel
אֶלʾelNear
לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah
תְּנִיtənîGive
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
לִיTo
מִדּוּדָאֵיmidûdāʾêFrom boiler
בְּנֵךְbənēḵəSon
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk
רְאוּבֵןrəʾûvēnReuben
בִּימֵיbîmêIn day
קְצִירqəṣîrSevered
חִטִּיםḥiṭîmWheat
וַיִּמְצָאwayiməṣāʾAnd come
דוּדָאִיםdûdāʾîmBoiler
בַּשָּׂדֶהbaśādehIn field
וַיָּבֵאwayāvēʾAnd go
אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)
אֶלʾelNear
לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah
אִמּוֹʾimwōMother
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
רָחֵלrāḥēlRachel
אֶלʾelNear
לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah
תְּנִיtənîGive
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
לִיTo
מִדּוּדָאֵיmidûdāʾêFrom boiler
בְּנֵךְbənēḵəSon

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