Genesis 30:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.”

Genesis 30:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 30:2019 words

וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say

לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah

זְבָדַנִיzəvādanîConfer

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אֹתִיʾōtî—

זֵבֶדzēvedGift

טוֹבṭwōvGood

הַפַּעַםhapaʿamThe stroke

יִזְבְּלֵנִיyizəbəlēnîReside

אִישִׁיʾîšîMan

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יָלַדְתִּיyāladətîBear young

לוֹlwōTo

שִׁשָּׁהšišāhSix

בָנִיםvānîmSon

וַתִּקְרָאwatiqərāʾAnd call out to

אֶתʾet—

שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation

זְבֻלוּןzəvulûnZebulon

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

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