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Genesis 30:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?


Genesis 30:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 30:213 words
וַיִּחַרwayiḥarAnd glow
אַףʾap̄Nose
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
בְּרָחֵלbərāḥēlIn Rachel
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הֲתַחַתhătaḥatBottom
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
מָנַעmānaʿDebar
מִמֵּךְmimēḵəPart
פְּרִיpərîFruit
בָטֶןvāṭenBelly
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּחַרwayiḥarAnd glow
אַףʾap̄Nose
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
בְּרָחֵלbərāḥēlIn Rachel
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הֲתַחַתhătaḥatBottom
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
מָנַעmānaʿDebar
מִמֵּךְmimēḵəPart
פְּרִיpərîFruit
בָטֶןvāṭenBelly

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