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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
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
רָחֵלrāḥēlRachel
נַפְתּוּלֵיnap̄ətûlêWrestled
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
נִפְתַּלְתִּיnip̄ətalətîTwine
עִםʿimWith
אֲחֹתִיʾăḥōtîSister
גַּםgamAssemblage
יָכֹלְתִּיyāḵōlətîBe able
וַתִּקְרָאwatiqərāʾAnd call out to
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
נַפְתָּלִיnap̄ətālîNaphtali
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
רָחֵלrāḥēlRachel
נַפְתּוּלֵיnap̄ətûlêWrestled
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
נִפְתַּלְתִּיnip̄ətalətîTwine
עִםʿimWith
אֲחֹתִיʾăḥōtîSister
גַּםgamAssemblage
יָכֹלְתִּיyāḵōlətîBe able
וַתִּקְרָאwatiqərāʾAnd call out to
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
נַפְתָּלִיnap̄ətālîNaphtali

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