Genesis 30:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.”

Genesis 30:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 30:1620 words

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

מִןminPart

הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field

בָּעֶרֶבbāʿerevIn dusk

וַתֵּצֵאwatēṣēʾAnd go

לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah

לִקְרָאתוֹliqərāʾtwōTo encountering

וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say

אֵלַיʾēlayNear

תָּבוֹאtāvwōʾGo

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

שָׂכֹרśāḵōrHire

שְׂכַרְתִּיךָśəḵarətîḵāHire

בְּדוּדָאֵיbədûdāʾêIn boiler

בְּנִיbənîSon

וַיִּשְׁכַּבwayišəkavAnd lie down

עִמָּהּʿimāhWith

בַּלַּיְלָהbalayəlāhIn twist

הוּאhûʾHe

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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