Genesis 30:25 — King James Version← Study notes

“And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.”

Genesis 30:25 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 30:2515 words

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

יָלְדָהyālədāhBear young

רָחֵלrāḥēlRachel

אֶתʾet—

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

אֶלʾelNear

לָבָןlāvānLaban

שַׁלְּחֵנִיšaləḥēnîSend

וְאֵלְכָהwəʾēləḵāhAnd walk

אֶלʾelNear

מְקוֹמִיməqwōmîStanding

וּלְאַרְצִיûləʾarəṣîAnd to earth

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

יָלְדָהyālədāhBear young

רָחֵלrāḥēlRachel

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

אֶלʾelNear

לָבָןlāvānLaban

שַׁלְּחֵנִיšaləḥēnîSend

וְאֵלְכָהwəʾēləḵāhAnd walk

אֶלʾelNear

מְקוֹמִיməqwōmîStanding

וּלְאַרְצִיûləʾarəṣîAnd to earth

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