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Genesis 30:37 — King James Version← Study notes

And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.


Genesis 30:37Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 30:3717 words
וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
לוֹlwōTo
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
מַקַּלmaqalShoot
לִבְנֶהlivənehStorax
לַחlaḥFresh
וְלוּזwəlûzAnd almond
וְעֶרְמוֹןwəʿerəmwōnAnd plane tree
וַיְפַצֵּלwayəp̄aṣēlAnd peel
בָּהֵןbāhēnIn
פְּצָלוֹתpəṣālwōtPeeling
לְבָנוֹתləvānwōtWhite
מַחְשֹׂףmaḥəśōp̄Peeling
הַלָּבָןhalāvānThe white
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עַלʿalAbove
הַמַּקְלוֹתhamaqəlwōtThe shoot
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
לוֹlwōTo
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
מַקַּלmaqalShoot
לִבְנֶהlivənehStorax
לַחlaḥFresh
וְלוּזwəlûzAnd almond
וְעֶרְמוֹןwəʿerəmwōnAnd plane tree
וַיְפַצֵּלwayəp̄aṣēlAnd peel
בָּהֵןbāhēnIn
פְּצָלוֹתpəṣālwōtPeeling
לְבָנוֹתləvānwōtWhite
מַחְשֹׂףmaḥəśōp̄Peeling
הַלָּבָןhalāvānThe white
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עַלʿalAbove
הַמַּקְלוֹתhamaqəlwōtThe shoot

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