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Genesis 30:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.”

Genesis 30:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 30:913 words
וַתֵּרֶאwatēreʾAnd see
לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
עָמְדָהʿāmədāhStand
מִלֶּדֶתmiledetFrom bear young
וַתִּקַּחwatiqaḥAnd take
אֶתʾet—
זִלְפָּהziləpāhZilpah
שִׁפְחָתָהּšip̄əḥātāhFemale slave
וַתִּתֵּןwatitēnAnd give
אֹתָהּʾōtāh—
לְיַעֲקֹבləyaʿăqōvTo Jacob
לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתֵּרֶאwatēreʾAnd see
לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
עָמְדָהʿāmədāhStand
מִלֶּדֶתmiledetFrom bear young
וַתִּקַּחwatiqaḥAnd take
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
זִלְפָּהziləpāhZilpah
שִׁפְחָתָהּšip̄əḥātāhFemale slave
וַתִּתֵּןwatitēnAnd give
אֹתָהּʾōtāhdirect object marker (no translation)
לְיַעֲקֹבləyaʿăqōvTo Jacob
לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman

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