“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
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יָּבֹ֨אwayābōʾ
and he cameconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
יַעֲקֹ֣בyaʿăqōb
JacobnounH3290
מִןmin
frompronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הַ/שָּׂדֶה֮haśādeh
the fieldparticleH7704
field · ground · land · soil ···
בָּ/עֶרֶב֒bāʿereb
in the eveningpronH6153
day · tide) · night
וַ/תֵּצֵ֨אwatēṣēʾ
and she went outconjH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
לֵאָ֜הlēʾāh
LeahnounH3812
לִ/קְרָאת֗/וֹliqərāʾtwō
helppronH7125
against · meet · seek · to ···
וַ/תֹּ֨אמֶר֙watōʾmer
and she saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֵלַ֣/יʾēlay
into mepronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
תָּב֔וֹאtābwōʾ
you will comeverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
כִּ֚יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
שָׂכֹ֣רśākōr
certainlyverbH7936
hire · reward · surely
שְׂכַרְתִּ֔י/ךָśəkarətiykā
I have hired youverbH7936
hire · reward · surely
בְּ/דוּדָאֵ֖יbədwdāʾēy
for the mandrakes ofpronH1736
mandrake
בְּנִ֑/יbəniy
son mynounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
וַ/יִּשְׁכַּ֥בwayišəkab
and he layconjH7901
at all · lay · lie (down · down to sleep ···
עִמָּ֖/הּʿimāh
with herpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
בַּ/לַּ֥יְלָהbalayəlāh
in the nightpronH3915
הֽוּאhwʾ
thatprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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