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Genesis 30:4 — King James Version← Study notes

And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.


Genesis 30:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 30:49 words
וַתִּתֶּןwatitenAnd give
לוֹlwōTo
אֶתʾet
בִּלְהָהbiləhāhBilhah
שִׁפְחָתָהּšip̄əḥātāhFemale slave
לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman
וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go
אֵלֶיהָʾēleyhāNear
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתִּתֶּןwatitenAnd give
לוֹlwōTo
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בִּלְהָהbiləhāhBilhah
שִׁפְחָתָהּšip̄əḥātāhFemale slave
לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman
וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go
אֵלֶיהָʾēleyhāNear
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

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