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Genesis 30:18 — King James Version← Study notes

And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.


Genesis 30:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 30:1812 words
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah
נָתַןnātanGive
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
שְׂכָרִיśəḵārîPayment of contract
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נָתַתִּיnātatîGive
שִׁפְחָתִיšip̄əḥātîFemale slave
לְאִישִׁיləʾîšîTo man
וַתִּקְרָאwatiqərāʾAnd call out to
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
יִשָּׂשכָרyiśāšḵārJissaskar
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah
נָתַןnātanGive
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
שְׂכָרִיśəḵārîPayment of contract
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נָתַתִּיnātatîGive
שִׁפְחָתִיšip̄əḥātîFemale slave
לְאִישִׁיləʾîšîTo man
וַתִּקְרָאwatiqərāʾAnd call out to
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
יִשָּׂשכָרyiśāšḵārJissaskar

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