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Genesis 30:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.


Genesis 30:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 30:812 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/תֹּ֣אמֶרwatōʾmer
and she saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
רָחֵ֗לrāḥēl
RachelnounH7354
נַפְתּוּלֵ֨יnapətwlēy
wrestling ofnounH5319
אֱלֹהִ֧יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
נִפְתַּ֛לְתִּיnipətalətiy
I have wrestledverbH6617
shew self unsavoury · wrestle
עִםʿim
withpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
אֲחֹתִ֖/יʾăḥōtiy
sister mynounH269
sister · together
גַּםgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
יָכֹ֑לְתִּיyākōlətiy
I have prevailedverbH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
וַ/תִּקְרָ֥אwatiqərāʾ
and she calledconjH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
שְׁמ֖/וֹšəmwō
name hisnounH8034
base · named · renown · report
נַפְתָּלִֽיnapətāliy
NaphtalinounH5321
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Carlos RiveraNote2mo ago
Great Wrestlings
Rachel, still barren while Leah is bearing children, gives her handmaid to Jacob. When the handmaid bears a son, Rachel says: 'With great wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and I have prevaile...
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