Genesis 33:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.”

Genesis 33:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 33:215 words

וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put

אֶתʾet—

הַשְּׁפָחוֹתhašəp̄āḥwōtThe female slave

וְאֶתwəʾet—

יַלְדֵיהֶןyalədêhenSomething born

רִאשֹׁנָהriʾšōnāhFirst

וְאֶתwəʾet—

לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah

וִילָדֶיהָwîlādeyhāAnd something born

אַחֲרֹנִיםʾaḥărōnîmHinder

וְאֶתwəʾet—

רָחֵלrāḥēlRachel

וְאֶתwəʾet—

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

אַחֲרֹנִיםʾaḥărōnîmHinder

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַשְּׁפָחוֹתhašəp̄āḥwōtThe female slave

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יַלְדֵיהֶןyalədêhenSomething born

רִאשֹׁנָהriʾšōnāhFirst

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

לֵאָהlēʾāhLeah

וִילָדֶיהָwîlādeyhāAnd something born

אַחֲרֹנִיםʾaḥărōnîmHinder

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

רָחֵלrāḥēlRachel

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

אַחֲרֹנִיםʾaḥărōnîmHinder

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