Genesis 30:4 — King James Version← Study notes

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

Genesis 30:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 30:49 words

וַתִּתֶּןwatitenAnd give

לוֹlwōTo

אֶתʾet—

בִּלְהָהbiləhāhBilhah

שִׁפְחָתָהּšip̄əḥātāhFemale slave

לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go

אֵלֶיהָʾēleyhāNear

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

ℹWords 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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