Genesis 30:41 — King James Version← Study notes

“And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.”

Genesis 30:41 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 30:4114 words

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole

יַחֵםyaḥēmBe hot

הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock

הַמְקֻשָּׁרוֹתhaməqušārwōtThe tie

וְשָׂםwəśāmAnd put

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

אֶתʾet—

הַמַּקְלוֹתhamaqəlwōtThe shoot

לְעֵינֵיləʿênêTo eye

הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock

בָּרֳהָטִיםbārŏhāṭîmIn channel

לְיַחְמֵנָּהləyaḥəmēnāhTo be hot

בַּמַּקְלוֹתbamaqəlwōtIn shoot

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole

יַחֵםyaḥēmBe hot

הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock

הַמְקֻשָּׁרוֹתhaməqušārwōtThe tie

וְשָׂםwəśāmAnd put

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַמַּקְלוֹתhamaqəlwōtThe shoot

לְעֵינֵיləʿênêTo eye

הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock

בָּרֳהָטִיםbārŏhāṭîmIn channel

לְיַחְמֵנָּהləyaḥəmēnāhTo be hot

בַּמַּקְלוֹתbamaqəlwōtIn shoot

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